Climate Change Institute

Dear University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias communities, I am pleased to share with all of you that longtime UMaine professor and world-renowned archaeologist Dr. Daniel H. Sandweiss was elected to the National Academy of Sciences this week. Membership to this prestigious organization of leading researchers is one of the highest honors […]

On April 30, 2024, the Bangor Daily News posted a story about the unsuccessful search for 38-year-old time capsule buried near the James F. Doughty Middle School in Bangor, Maine. Kendra Bird, who received her MS in Quaternary and Climate Studies in 2017, was a student at Doughty when the capsule buried and participated in […]

“Climate change is occurring faster in the Arctic than anyplace on Earth,” said University of Maine associate professor of glaciology Seth Campbell. “And with that, there opens a whole range of concerns.” Campbell is the lead scientist on a new $260,000 research partnership between UMaine and the Department of the Air Force (DAF) to improve […]

Axios cited a data visualization from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute Climate Reanalyzer that illustrates the fluctuation of daily averages of North Atlantic sea surface temperatures from 1982-2024. The article gave pointers and other information on what to expect for the 2024 hurricane season.

Along the rocky shores of Acadia National Park are 24 known archaeological sites that preserve the history and heritage of Wabanaki people. Many of the sites house pottery sherds, tools, animal bones and other artifacts that showcase ancient Indigenous culture from a bygone age.  Sea level rise, flooding and storms are eroding these sacred and […]

The New York Times interviewed Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, ocean warming fueled by record-breaking temperatures. Birkel, who manages the Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer, said he believes the warming effect of the eruption of an underwater volcano in 2022 has been larger than […]

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program, a flagship initiative of the U.S. Department of State, offers a unique platform fostering mutual understanding between the United States and 140 other countries through the exchange of persons, skills, and knowledge. Ligia Naveira, a PhD Candidate at the Climate Change Institute advised by Dr. Paul Mayweski, has received an […]

The World Economic Forum used a data visualization from  University of Maine Climate Change Institute Climate Reanalyzer to show that the ocean temperature record has been broken everyday thus far in 2024. Mid-March marked a full year of global ocean surface temperatures consistently being the warmest on record, according to data from the U.S. National […]

University of Maine faculty, staff and students will present at several events during the Maine Science Festival, a program of the Maine Discovery Museum in Bangor that will include more than 70 events and activities from March 20-24.  The full programing for the event can be found on its website. The festival is a five-day […]

A data visualization from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer was cited by NBC News in an article titled “12 months of record ocean heat has scientists puzzled and concerned.” The article stated the average sea surface temperatures are roughly 1.25 degrees Fahrenheit warmer now than from 1982-2011, an anomaly that could […]