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Fernandez, Klein speak to Maine Monitor about heat pumps

The Maine Monitor featured Ivan Fernandez, professor at the School of Forest Resources and Climate Change Institute, and Sharon Klein, associate professor at the School of Economics, in an article about the push for heat pumps and weatherization in Maine homes. “Everything we do, every increment we do, counts. I think we need to do […]

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UMaine announces 2023 Climate Change Workshop

The University of Maine will host the second annual Climate Change Workshop, titled “Communicating Climate Change Science,” July 18–19. This two-day online professional development program, developed in partnership by the UMaine Climate Change Institute (CCI) and Division of Lifelong Learning, will feature keynote talks and interactive sessions on interdisciplinary climate change topics, led by experts […]

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AP cites UMaine Climate Reanalyzer data in article about ocean temperature spike

In an article about a sudden spike in global ocean temperatures, the Associated Press cited data from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer showing that from early March to this week, the global average ocean sea surface temperature jumped nearly two-tenths of a degree Celsius, or 0.36 degree Fahrenheit. The Climate Reanalyzer was developed by […]

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Chasing carbon emissions from Arctic lakes in drier regions

Expedition Location:  Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland Expedition Dates:  March 30, 2023 – April 11, 2023 Participants:  Vendy Hazukova, Amanda Gavin Funding Support: The Robert and Judith Sturgis Family Foundation and NSF DDRIG   Background and Significance: Collecting carbon dioxide data from Arctic lakes is needed because inland waters are important sites of carbon processing and are often expected to […]

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Undergraduate and Graduate Researchers Awarded at UMSS23 – E. Leclerc

More than 1,000 student researchers, co-authors, faculty, staff, event sponsors and community members attended the 2023 UMaine Student Symposium, held at the Collins Center For the Arts on Friday, April 14, 2023. The eighth annual symposium provided an opportunity for the public to interact with student researchers and scholars as they viewed posters and exhibits […]

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Maine College of Engineering and Computing presents its top annual awards – S. Jain

Alumnus and president of Dielectric, Keith Pelletier, is among the recipients of the Maine College of Engineering and Computing’s Edward Bryand annual awards honoring alumni, faculty, staff and students. Pelletier was named the Edward T. Bryand Distinguished Engineer. Civil engineering professor and chair of the department, Shaleen Jain, received the Ashley Campbell Award. Amrit Verma […]

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Gill featured on ‘Sustain What?’ podcast

Jacquelyn Gill, associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology with the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute, was a featured guest on the “Sustain What?” podcast from the Columbia Climate School. The podcast discussed why it’s not too late to turn the tides on climate change.

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Three UMaine graduate students receive Phi Kappa Phi research grants

Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective multidisciplinary collegiate honor society, has awarded graduate research grants to three University of Maine students. Emma Erwin, a Ph.D. student in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences; Elizabeth Leclerc, an interdisciplinary Ph.D. student with the Department of Anthropology and the Climate Change Institute; and Dylan […]

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Kit Hamley awarded AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship

Kit Hamley, EES PhD Candidate in SBE/CCI, has been awarded a highly competitive American Dissertation Fellowship from the American Association of University Women. This $25,000 fellowship will support Kit for 2023-2024 as she completes her dissertation, which leverages new tools to understand human prehistory in Maine and the Falkland Islands. Kit was previously supported by […]

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