Climate Change Institute

Medical Daily interviewed Bradfield Lyon, associate research professor with the UMaine Climate Change Institute and School of Earth and Climate Sciences, about his recent study on heat waves. The average spatial extent of summer heat waves in the United States could be up to 80% larger than today if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, according […]

The Ice Drilling Design and Operations (IDDO) group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison designed and built the South Pole Ice Core (SPICE) drilling system, called the Intermediate Depth Drill. Based on a Danish drill called the Hans-Taunsen drill, the Intermediate Depth Drill was purpose-built for coring 1,500 meters of ice. The ice cores collected at […]

Phys.org published a University of Maine news release about a new study that found the average spatial extent of summer heat waves in the United States could be up to 80% larger than today if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated. The study was led by Bradfield Lyon, associate research professor with the UMaine Climate Change […]

By the middle of this century, the average spatial extent of summer heat waves in the United States could be up to 80% larger than they are today if greenhouse emissions continue unabated, according to a new study led by a University of Maine climate scientist. Bradfield Lyon, associate research professor with the UMaine Climate […]

Erin McConnell, a 2019 CCI MS graduate, was recently awarded an internship at the the new Center for Scientific Evidence in Public Issues (EPI Center) at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington D.C.  The EPI Center brings clearly and strategically communicated scientific evidence on a select number of public issues […]

The Climate Adaptation Fellowship, a peer-to-peer learning program designed to build climate resilience across farms, forests and communities, has launched its official website. According to a news release about the initiative, the Climate Adaptation Fellowship provides “a curriculum designed to give farmers, foresters, and advisors the information they need to adapt to climate change, bring […]

Ivan Fernandez, a University of Maine professor of soil science and forest resources, spoke with The Ellsworth American for an article looking at what Gov. Janet Mills’ carbon-neutral pledge means for Hancock and Washington counties. “Conservation [of energy] is the low-hanging fruit,” said Fernandez, Distinguished Maine Professor in the School of Forest Resources, Climate Change […]

Paul Mayewski, Distinguished Maine Professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, was cited in a News Center Maine report about Eastern Equine Encephalitis, or EEE. The rare, mosquito-borne virus can be deadly. In Maine, there have been no human cases, but […]

Glen Koehler, an associate scientist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and Ivan Fernandez, a professor of soil science at UMaine, were cited in the latest column in the Portland Press Herald “Maine Gardener” series. The article, “Climate change comes to your own backyard,” looked at what gardeners can do to keep plants healthy and […]

The kickoff meeting of the Maine Climate Council was Sept. 26 in Hallowell. A video of the meeting is online. It includes presentations by Ivan Fernandez, UMaine professor of soil science and Distinguished Maine Professor in the School of Forest Resources, Climate Change Institute, and School of Food and Agriculture, and other members of the council, […]