PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 7, 2024
Teams of science and design students from prestigious schools like Harvard, Yale and Cornell will be coming to the Casco Bay region this fall to help these coastal communities find ways to adapt to the impacts of climate change. The students – including a team of architecture undergrads from the University of Maine in Augusta – will participate in the Envision Resiliency Challenge. The students from the eight participating universities will be asked to research and design novel ways of living and working in Portland, South Portland and the Casco Bay islands under hotter, wetter conditions next to a fast-warming and fast-rising Gulf of Maine.