Climate Change Institute

Bradfield Lyon, a climate analyst and associate research professor at the University of Maine, spoke with Climate Progress for the article, “Africa is going through a serious drought and El Nino is making it worse.” According to the article, El Nino has exacerbated a crippling drought interrupting the rainy season used for planting much needed […]

Dark rock above the Helheim glacier in southeastern Greenland marks its former level, before a sudden and dramatic retreat of hit many Greenland glaciers a decade ago. Scientists working on the Helheim and the fjord it drains into are looking for clues to the decline in hopes of predicting what might happen in the region […]

Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute, will talk about his recent excursion in the South Atlantic on “207,” which will air at 7 p.m. Jan. 11 and Jan. 12, on d WLBZ (Channel 2) and WCSH (Channel 6). Rob Caldwell, host of “207,” will talk with Mayewski about his 4.5-week trek to recover […]

In the context of modern anthropogenic climate change, many Peruvian societies are experiencing the brunt of abrupt climate change impacts. The Peruvian Andes are home to 70 percent of the world’s tropical glaciers, which provide surrounding communities with water for drinking, agriculture and pastoralism, energy production and tourism. Recent studies indicate that glacier coverage in […]

The Bangor Daily News published the article, “What Maine youth are learning in school about climate change,” which was written by Mario Teisl, an economics professor at the University of Maine, and Ph.D. candidates Bjorn Grigholm and Amy Kireta. Grigholm is a student in UMaine’s School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Kireta is a […]

WVII (Channel 7) reported on a recent visit to Hudson Elementary School by Kit Hamley, a graduate student at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute. Hamley spoke with the students about the Follow a Researcher program that is offered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H to connect K–12 students in Maine and […]

Harvard Gazette reported new research using a unique combination of ice core data and written historical records indicates that the cool, wet weather blamed for one of the deadliest disease outbreaks in human history affected a much wider area over a much longer period. The preliminary work suggests a deep, prolonged food shortage occurred in […]

Kit Hamley, a graduate student at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, recently spoke with WABI (Channel 5) and WLBZ (Channel 2) about the Follow a Researcher program. For a second year, the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering the program that aims to connect K–12 students in Maine and around the […]

The Bangor Daily News published a feature article on Jill Pelto of Old Town and her artwork that illustrates the effects of climate change. Pelto, who graduated in December from the University of Maine as a double major in studio art and Earth science, has been visiting the North Cascade Glaciers of Washington State with […]

Dr. Ivan Fernandez presented a lecture entitled:  The End of Climate Change at The Planetarium, on the University of Southern Maine campus on December 17, 2015.   The title speaks to the reality that accelerating rates of change in our chemical and physical climate are a reality of the 21st century, and will persist throughout the […]