Impactscommons.wikimedia.org UMaine researchers get funding to study mobile homes and climate change Many mobile homes are built on floodplains, and researchers want to look at the way extreme flooding and strong winds can damage these types of homes.
Impacts Photo by Vittorio Zamboni on Unsplash Maine to start tracking bird patterns during Maine winter For the first time, the state wants Mainers to take note of the birds they see as part of a statewide winter survey.
Impacts Photo by Grace Fitts on Unsplash Maine birds could go extinct in our lifetime with climate change Several Maine bird species are threatened as the climate warms. One might well go extinct, another may simply move north.
Impacts www.newscentermaine.com Is climate change helping ticks expand their range in Maine? Milder winters and longer, hotter summers allow deer ticks that carry Lyme and other infections to move into new areas of Maine that were previously too cold.
