The Portland Press Herald interviewed Griffin Dill, integrated pest management specialist and director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Tick Lab, about the rise in Lyme disease in Maine. “Conditions were good for deer tick activity, but people were not outdoors as much during June, so there was not as many chances for ticks […]
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In an article about the heat wave in Portland breaking after 32 days, the Portland Press Herald cited information from the University of Maine’s 2020 update to its Maine’s Climate Future report showing that a changing climate could continue to transform Maine and its waterfronts in the coming years.
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The Washington Post and Bloomberg used data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer in a report about record-breaking ocean temperatures.
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In an article about the steps that people can take to protect themselves from extreme heat, CNBC cited information from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer showing that globally, July 6 was the hottest day ever recorded, and during the week starting July 3, the record for the highest average temperature on […]
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In reporting about how July 2023 is poised to be the hottest month on record, the New Scientist cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer suggesting that this past week has been the hottest on record.
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The Boothbay Register featured the research of University of Maine postdoctoral student Kyle Olivera, who is working at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences to develop detection methods for white sharks. Part of his work is quantifying how much eDNA white sharks shed into the environment, as well as how that eDNA moves and degrades, to […]
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Morning Ag Clips featured research co-authored by Jessica Leahy, professor of human dimensions of natural resources at the University of Maine, about the factors motivating family forest landowners to manage invasive species on their land.
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In an article about Antarctica’s rapidly melting ice, Newsweek cited data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer from July 19 showing that there is almost 2 million square kilometers (about 772,000 square miles) less sea ice in Antarctica compared to the same point last year. Salon cited the Newsweek report.
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The Associated Press, Politico, The Economist and Carbon Brief cited calculations from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer about July 2023 heat waves. The Climate Reanalyzer data show that the global average temperature has been hotter in 22 of the first 24 days of July than on any other single day recorded. Spectrum […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared that University of Maine ecology professor Brian McGill was awarded the Humboldt Research Award, one of the most prestigious scientific honors in Germany. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation awards the prize annually to internationally-renowned scientists who reside outside of Germany. In addition to the cash award of 60,000 euros, or […]
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