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Think 2020 was bad? Historians say 536 was worst year ever to be alive By (0) A partial solar eclipse is viewed from Europe on March 20, 2015, via the European Space Agency's sun-watching Proba-2 satellite. File Photo courtesy European Space Agency April 12 -- You wake up to a dark, dreary, glum-feeling, Monday-type of morning. For the 547th consecutive day. Just 18 months prior, you were a hard-working farmer gearing up for another bountiful crop season. But then the skies went dark. From early 536 to 537, they stayed dark. Advertisement Across much of eastern Europe and throughout Asia, s...

increase font size Share ORONO — “Our Environment: Nurses Taking Action on Sustainable Health Solutions” will be the focus — at the University of Maine on Friday, April 9, — of the annual evidence-based practice conference of the Omicron Xi at-Large Chapter of the global nursing honor society Sigma Theta Tau International. The virtual event, free and open to the public, will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring keynote speakers Nirav Shah, Paul Mayewski and Katie Huffling in the morning, a noon poster session and presentations focused on waste management in health care, the impa...

Public advances Mayewski appearance on Maine Calling, at Camden Conference Public promoted an appearance by Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, on Maine Calling at 11 a.m. Feb. 16. During the broadcast, Mayewski will preview presentations and panel discussions slated for Feb. 20 and 21 at the Camden Conference. The theme for this year’s Camden Conference is “The Geopolitics of the Arctic: A Region in Peril.” Share this:

Throughout 2020, several occasions have prompted the urge to declare that “we’ve hit rock bottom. The only way is up!” Only for a new depth of despair to be uncovered as the archaeologist of time excavated deeper into the possibilities of nature’s barbarity and human cruelty. Even as the positive news of vaccine success broke towards the end of the year, new – more transmissible – variants emerged to spoil the party. In an attempt to feel better by comparison and with the year drawn to a close – now available to assess in all its glory – we ask;... To v...

Mariusz Potocki (center with orange goggles) and the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition team collect the highest ever recorded ice core sample at the South Col Glacier. Credit: Dirk Collins, National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition. There isn’t much room for error 8,000 meters above sea level, and everyone on the expedition knew it. Mount Everest is notoriously challenging to climb, but conducting research on the iconic mountain is an even taller task. It was clear and sunny, but the thin air was bitterly cold. The team relied on suppl...