The Wall Street Journal interviewed University of Maine professor of anthropology and climate studies Daniel Sandweiss on the legitimacy of an advanced ancient civilization discussed in a documentary. Sandweiss and other researchers have said evidence doesn’t exist for the civilization in “Ancient Apocalypse” and have rebutted its claim as a factual documentary.
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The UAE Consensus – Misleading & Underachieving By Natalie Nowatzke, J.D. Candidate 2024, University of Maine School of Law December 13, 2023 As soon as I landed in Toronto, my layover between Dubai and Boston, I started receiving notification after notification on my phone. A deal had been reached at COP28, resulting in what is […]
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Italy 24 News cited a visual from University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer on temperature anomalies worldwide for Tuesday, Jan. 16.
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Environmental Monitor highlighted how the University of Maine Climate Change Institute helped design and deploy a device that gathers data on Acadia National Park waters. The article explains the process and importance of gathering information on national parks to learn about changes potentially brought on by climate change and pollution.
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Atmosphere, volume 13(5), 690 (2022) https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13050690 Abstract Wild blueberries in Maine, USA are facing threats from our changing climate. While summer climate variations have been affecting this important commercial crop directly, significant climate variations in other seasons also can be potentially detrimental to blueberry production. Therefore, we analyzed annual and seasonal climate trends (temperature, […]
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By Natalie Nowatzke, J.D. Candidate 2024, University of Maine School of Law December 13, 2023 As soon as I landed in Toronto, my layover between Dubai and Boston, I started receiving notification after notification on my phone. A deal had been reached at COP28, resulting in what is called the UAE Consensus. The COP Presidency […]
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As you may recall, the negotiations at COP28 circled around two important concepts – the 1.5°C target and the attachment to fossil fuels. Negotiations on these items already seemed intractable at the beginning of the week. Then, a letter from OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) leaked, and the drama boiled over. The letter […]
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Dec 11, 2023 By Geetanjali Talpade, JD Candidate ‘24, University of Maine School of Law Both domestic and international environmental laws, while relatively recently conceived (the first major U.S. legislation, the National Environmental Policy Act, was passed in 1970), overall pre-date the common modern understanding of climate change. Environmental activism has historically focused on preservation […]
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By Ashley Brown For better or for worse, watching people walk by at COP28 there is only one word to describe people’s faces: determined. Whether it be phone calls while power walking or on-the-move networking not a single second is wasted. I saw someone with their phone and two laptops open while eating their lunch, […]
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December 12, 2023 By Bryant Wolff, J.D. Candidate 2024, University of Maine School of Law Much like our planet, COP28 is heating up; while Loss and Damage has come to a close, the Global Stocktake, Global Goal on Adaptation, climate finance, and much more are still in the midst of negotiations. Questions around including language […]
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