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Spread across vast distances, the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean are thought to have been populated by humans in two distinct migrations begi....

The combination of global atmospheric warming and westerly winds shifting toward the poles will likely speed up the recession of mountain glaciers in both hemispheres, according to a UMaine study.

The combination of global atmospheric warming and westerly winds shifting toward the poles will likely speed up the recession of mountain glaciers in both hemispheres, according to a UMaine study.  Mountain glaciers freeze and gain mass when the climate cools, and melt and lose mass when the climate warms. The extent to which the fluctuations […]

Maine Public will rebroadcast a University of Maine-produced video about rising sea levels in Maine on Nov. 3 and 5 as part of the station’s film series.  “Rising Tides: Changes in Sea Level along the Maine Coast,” produced by Ron Lisnet, manager of visual media for UMaine’s Division of Marketing and Communications, will be included […]

Sean Smith, associate professor at the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine, spoke to WMTW (ABC 8 in Portland) about Mainers recovering from flooding after heavy rainfall last week. “The frequency and magnitude of flooding is generally on an upward trend in the region. Both climate changes and land cover […]

Only 0.5% of Maine homeowners are enrolled in National Flood Insurance.

Through the nonprofit, I’ve discovered how to relate what I’ve learned in the Arctic to life in Maine in ways that are meaningful to the young people I teach.

SEARS ISLAND — Coastal Mountains Nature Program, in partnership with Friends of Sears Island, presents Geology of Sears Island on Saturday, Oct. 8, from 2 - 5 p.m., at Sears Island, in Searsport. The Coastal Mountains Nature Program is a series of...

In an article about a 2.3 magnitude earthquake in and around Greenwood, News Center Maine interviewed Alice Doughty, geology lecturer at the University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences. Doughty said earthquakes like Greenwood’s shouldn’t raise alarm, and are instead a look into Maine’s geological history. “It gets us to think about Pangea. […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $661,462 Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant to the University of Maine to upgrade a multiuser instrument in the Climate Change Institute. Over the last two decades, the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s ICP-MS facility has conducted valuable climate, environmental, ecosystem and engineering research and training across the […]