Climate Change Institute

LumenARRT!, the video crew of the Artists’ Rapid Response Team, has joined with Paul Mayewski and others to create large-scale climate change projection events in Congress Square in Portland. April 22, the night of the March for Science, and 05 5, the night of First Friday Art Walk in Portland, the brief video projections will […]

WABI-TV interviewed Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute, at the 25th annual Harold W. Borns Jr. Symposium. At the two-day event, more than 60 research topics were presented, ranging from the increase in deer ticks to extreme weather implications for Acadia National Park. “They (graduate students) need to understand how to translate what […]

The University of Maine Printing Services was recognized by the Association of College and University Printers (ACUP) during the national group’s gala dinner and awards ceremony earlier this month in Cincinnati. UMaine was one of about a dozen in-plants that were honored for achievements in quality, design, sustainability and distinctive service, according to an article […]

Climate Change: Scientific Evidence or Alternative ‘Facts’?” will be the focus of a an illustrated public lecture April 19 at the University of Maine by Paul Mayewski, director of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute. Mayewski will discuss the emerging approaches to the climate change issue and provide suggestions for public engagement to raise awareness. The free […]

ORONO, Maine — University of Maine graduate students and faculty will make more than 60 presentations about emerging physical, chemical, social and ecological climate change research, on topics ranging from lobsters to deer ticks, at the 25th annual Harold W. Borns Jr. Symposium on April 13–14 in Wells Conference Center. The symposium’s namesake, Professor Emeritus […]

Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article, “Climate change skeptic group’s mailing campaign targets Maine teachers.” Last week, thousands of science teachers across the nation, including several in Maine, received mail from an organization trying to convince them that scientists are split […]

The Times Record reported Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, will be the featured speaker at the UMaine Mid Coast Alumni Chapter’s annual Maine Spirit Spring Dinner. Mayewski has led more than 55 expeditions and has been the recipient of numerous scientific and academic awards from institutions throughout the world, […]

Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, was quoted in the CBS News report, “Arctic sea ice dwindles to record low for winter.” The National Snow and Ice Data Center in Colorado found that in March, the Arctic set a record low for winter peak sea ice area: 5.57 million square […]

A forensics researcher on the front lines of the drug abuse crisis in Maine and nationwide, the founder of UMaine’s nationally recognized Writing Center and an international expert on El Niño will receive the University of Maine’s top annual faculty awards. Research Professor Marcella Sorg will receive the 2017 Presidential Public Service Achievement Award; Professor […]

University of Maine Professor Emeritus Hal Borns and Gary Hoyle, artist and former curator at the Maine State Museum, will present “Mammoths in Maine,” at 2 p.m. March 28 in the Bodwell Lounge of the Hudson Museum. Borns and Hoyle will speak about the history of the ancient animal in the state. A tusk was […]