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The 2019 National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition, in which six Climate Change Institute explorers participated, has set three Guinness World Records . The records, featured in the latest edition of the Guinness World...
Mt. Everest is experiencing negative effects of climate change and plastics pollution, according to recent research. Credit: Papa Lima Whiskey 2 /CC BY-SA 2.0Climate change and plastics pollution, among other negative factors, are affecting the highest point on Earth, Mt. Everest, in increasingly worrying ways, according to recent research.New findings from the most recent, comprehensive scientific…
The Portland Press Herald highlighted a slate of Earth Week events sponsored by Sierra Club Maine, including a virtual talk by Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. Mayewski will speak at 5 p.m. April 21 about the effect of global climate change in Maine. Share this:
Washington Post talks with UMaine faculty, grad student about âforever chemicalsâ on Everest Paul Mayewski, Kimberley Miner and Mariusz Potocki were interviewed by The Washington Post about finding per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS), or âforever chemicals,â near the summit of Everest. Mayewski is the director of the Climate Change Institute (CCI) at the University of Maine, Miner is an assistant research professor with CCI, and Potocki is a Ph.D. student. Their study, conducted as part of the 2019 National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition, w...
Virtual talks, film festival celebrate Earth Day 2021 Sierra Club Maine will host a series of discussions ranging from waste reduction to the intersection of racism, economics and climate change, and Maine Audubon and the Maine Outdoor Film Festival team up for a special night of showings. Share Sierra Club Maine’s Earth Day celebration, with the theme “Restore Our Earth,” will be virtual again this year, but Executive Director Sarah Leighton said there is still plenty in store to “inspire and educate others” on the importance of protecting the planet. “Sierra Club’s mission is...