Dear John,
There is nothing like autumn in Maine. It’s a season for long walks, hot cider, curling up with a good book, and tuning into your favorite Lunch & Learn program! This month, we’ll journey with you through the Arctic, meet the creator of the Climate Reanalzyer, and hear from a Maine farmer and scientist who joined forces to create a plan for climate resilience.
I hope you’ll join us. –Will
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Friday, October 6, 12-1 PM: Maine’s 21st Century Farmers
The 21st century has seen rapid changes in technology, in how we approach work, and in extreme weather patterns. We are now experiencing “once in a century” droughts and floods almost every year.
How are farmers adapting to these changes? Join Sarah Simon, Maine Farmland Trust’s Climate Resilience Specialist, and Melissa Law, co-owner of Bumbleroot Farm and Agriculture Representative to the Maine Climate Council, as they discuss what resilience to climate change looks like on the ground. Simon and Law used research, risk assessment techniques, and a planning process to create a climate resilience plan for Bumbleroot Farm. Learn more about their work and how it could serve as a blueprint for Maine farmers facing increasingly frequent severe weather events. |
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Friday, October 13, 12-1 PM: Exploring the Arctic
Dr. Susana Hancock, polar expert with the IPCC and climate researcher with Arctic Basecamp and The Greenland Project, is someone who goes to the ends of the Earth to save the climate. Literally. Every year, she clicks into her skis and crisscrosses some of the world's most vulnerable ecosystems: the ice caps. The poles currently harbor nine of the top 16 climate tipping points, and Hancock is particularly interested in understanding the cascading planet-wide impacts of some of the most pressing ones. When not on the ice, she works with global leaders, heads of state, and decision-makers to understand the multiplication of polar-driven climate risk on communities worldwide.
In this program, we’ll join Dr. Hancock on a journey to the Arctic–the fastest-warming region in the world. She will share some of the stories of adventure and adrenaline behind her work that is currently impacting global climate policy.
Dr. Hancock is the President of the Association for Polar Early Career Scientists, an Arctic lead establishing the current UN Decade of Ocean Science, an expert reviewer of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Science Manager for Arctic Basecamp Foundation, and a team scientist with the Greenland Project, Jubilee Expedition and the North Atlantic-Arctic Ocean Science Strategic Framework. |
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Friday, October 20: No Lunch & Learn |
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Friday, October 27, 12-1 PM: What’s up with the Weather? Examining extremes of the past year and how they relate to climate change
Maine’s climate is getting warmer and wetter, and extreme weather patterns that can bring damaging rainfall or prolonged heat waves are becoming more common. But how does a warming climate produce these extremes? And why does it seem like 2023 has been particularly unusual, with Maine seeing its 2nd wettest summer on record while global mean temperatures soared to record highs?
Join Dr. Sean Birkel, Maine State Climatologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute and Cooperative Extension, as he explores these questions using data visualization tools developed as part of his work at the University. In this process, Sean will provide historical climate context and step through recent examples of extreme weather in Maine paired with the large-scale circulation patterns that facilitated these events.
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