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Ground-penetrating radar being used on Ruth Glacier in Denali National Park.

CCI scientists provide resources to educate Maine youth about climate change

Colleagues at the Climate Change Institute are collaborating to strengthen climate education for youth in grades 5–12 in Maine. CCI faculty and staff have created the Climate Education Resources webpage to provide educators with a variety of informative materials in one place. The resources are grouped within five themes — Climate Synthesis & Overview, Climate […]

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Laconia Daily Sun interviews Sorg about forensic anthropology

The Laconia Daily Sun interviewed Marcella Sorg, about her work as a forensic anthropologist for Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island. “I enjoy problem solving, each case is unique,” said Sorg, a University of Maine research professor at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center who also works with the Climate Change Institute. “I think […]

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UMaine, UMF partner to build circular food system research team, address food waste

Researchers at the University of Maine and the University of Maine Farmington (UMF) have received a grant of $29,996 to facilitate development of a circular food system that promotes value-added processing of rural agricultural surplus and by-products to address food waste and food insecurity challenges. The project is funded by the University of Maine System […]

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CBS interviews Pershing about Gulf of Maine warming

CBS News talked with Andrew Pershing, a University of Maine associate professor with the Climate Change Institute, about warming trends in the northern Atlantic Ocean for a story about the Warming Stripes model of climate change. Pershing notes that the waters off the East Coast of the U.S., including the Gulf of Maine, are warming […]

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Eos highlights Winski study of sea ice variability

Eos reported on a study led by Dominic Winski, a faculty member with the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, that documents seasonal sea salt and sea ice variability in a South Pole ice core that reflects changes over the last 11,400 years. The study was published in Geophysical Research Letters.

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Mayewski named Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

The Geographical Society of London was founded in 1830 as an institution to promote the advancement of geographical science. Like many learned societies at the time it started as a dining club in London where members held informal dinner debates on current scientific issues and ideas. Under the patronage of King William IV, we later […]

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Ranco, Gill speak with Maine Public about Indigenous stewardship of biodiversity

Maine Public interviewed University of Maine faculty Darren Ranco, director of Native American Programs, and Jacquelyn Gill, an associate professor of paleoecology, about a new study that reveals the historical role of Indigenous peoples in natural resource management and environmental stewardship. Findings suggest that Indigenous people should be centered in resource management and conservation to […]

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