The Bangor Daily News reported that University of Maine researchers Sharon Klein and Caroline Noblet, both associate professors of economics, were awarded $1.13 million from the Environmental Protection Agency to work with Wabanaki and rural low-income communities to develop and investigate the effectiveness of Local Energy Action Networks, or LEANs, in Maine. LEANs are networks […]
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In an article about Hurricane Idalia intensifying in warm Gulf of Mexico waters, The Conversation cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer about global ocean temperatures.
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In an article about how the insular world of academia can prevent community-focused research, The Chronicle of Higher Education spoke to David Hart, director of the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and professor of biological sciences, and Linda Silka, senior fellow at the Mitchell Center. When Hart and Silka […]
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In an article about the loss of emperor penguin chicks in parts of Antarctica, the Sydney Morning Herald featured visualizations from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer comparing sea ice extent in July 2014 to July of this year. The loss of the chicks coincides with record low sea ice coverage which […]
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The Boston Globe, Portland Press Herald and National Fisherman noted the University of Maine’s role in an informal consortium to share observations and data about an unusually large and long-lived algae bloom extending more than 100 miles across the Gulf of Maine. Maine Public, News Center Maine, the New Hampshire Bulletin and WGME-TV (Channel 13 in Portland) […]
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In an article about the impact of warming oceans, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer illustrating the increase in sea surface temperatures.
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In an article about heat waves in Knoxville, the Knoxville Sentinel cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer that shows Earth had its hottest day on record when the global average reached 63 degrees in July, surpassing the previous 62.9 record.
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University of Maine researchers are working with Wabanaki and rural low-income communities to co-develop a new resource for helping them implement renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. The Environmental Protection Agency awarded $1.13 million to Sharon Klein and Caroline Noblet, both associate professors of economics, so they can investigate the effectiveness of Local Energy Action […]
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The Portland Press Herald, the Bangor Daily News, The Piscataquis Observer, Sun Journal and CentralMaine.com reported on a study led by Jacquelyn Gill, associate professor of paleoecology & plant ecology with the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute, that will examine 13,000 years’ worth of lake sediment containing ancient plant DNA […]
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In an article about “whiskey fungus” preventing the expansion of the Wiggly Bridge Distillery in York, the Portland Press Herald, Portsmouth Herald, News Center Maine, Spectrum News, WMTW-TV (ABC 8 in Portland) and WGME-TV (CBS 13 in Portland) reported on a University of Maine study published last month in which researchers took 100 samples within […]
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