Climate Change Institute

Join Sean Birkel and Kirk Maasch as they open the vault on Maine's historical climate archives!    Many people are familiar with the fabled "Year Without a Summer" of 1816, when several unusually intense cold waves brought killing frost, and even snowfall, to Maine during the summer months. But fewer people know that during some […]

The 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change took place last month in Dubai.  The meetings were of significant interest because they were - controversially - led by an Emerati with significant ties to the oil industry.  Despite this controversy, COP28 marked the completion of the first […]