Climate Change
Climate change has shifted peak foliage season at Acadia National Park
Winter Harbor, Maine – “Leaf-peeping” season has always been a popular time to visit Acadia National Park, and warming temperatures […]
Science Friday host to speak in Acadia on July 24, 2023
Winter Harbor, Maine – On Monday, July 24th, Schoodic Institute will host their annual Goldstein Lecture to convene and inspire […]
How to Save a Summit
story + photos by Catherine Schmitt Emma Lanning stared at a roped-off rectangle on the top of Cadillac Mountain, as […]
The Meaning of a Meadow
story + photos by Catherine Schmitt Between the mountains of Acadia are valleys, where the last great glacier ground away […]
Imagining the Future Shore with MDI High School
by Catherine Schmitt This fall and winter, we worked with students in Mount Desert Island High School’s Honors Environmental Science […]
Watching the tide and measuring the rising sea
by Catherine Schmitt Tides are highest (and lowest) during full and new moons, when the moon and sun – and […]
Fall is changing in Acadia
story + photos by Catherine Schmitt Some day not too long ago, the chitter of swifts and the ring of […]
What a climate station can teach us about Acadian forests
by Olivia Milloway In July of 2021, a group of teachers from Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire traded in their […]
National Park Service Director, Charles F. “Chuck” Sams III, to speak in Acadia on July 26, 2022
Winter Harbor – On July 26th, 2022 Schoodic Institute will host our annual Goldstein Lecture to convene and inspire on […]
Restoring the summit: 2022 update
story + photos by Catherine Schmitt The long-running effort to restore the summits of Cadillac and other mountains continues. Decades […]