Climate Change Institute
Climate Change Institute
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Contribution Series
The Institute’s internationally recognized researchers are making scientific contributions that are vitally relevant to society. These contributions include:
Understanding the Climate SystemEarth's climate is controlled by multiple factors and these factors can change in relative importance over time. |
Understanding Climate ChangeDramatic natural changes in climate have seriously affected humans and ecosystems and have occurred in less than a human lifetime. |
Understanding Atmospheric ChemistryDramatic change in the chemistry of the atmosphere has occurred over the last century due to human activity. |
El NiñoChanges Through Time. |
Quebrada JaguayAn early South American fishing settlement. |
The Behavior of the West Antarctic Ice SheetImmense change in the extent and volume of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has occurred over the past 20,000 years and may be ongoing. |
Paleoclimatic and Hydrologic Changes in the Dry Valleys of AntarcticaLakes in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica have fluctuated dramatically over the past 30,000 years. |
Ice Sheet Mass BalanceThe polar ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica are the least explored reservoirs of water on the planet and might be contributing to global sea level rise as they change size and shape. |
The Response of Shorelines (and People) to Quaternary Changes in Relative Sea LevelShoreline response to sea-level rise. |
Mountain Climate and Environmental VariabilityHigh elevation ice cores record natural and anthropogenic changes in the background atmosphere. |
PaleoIndian Mobility and Aggregation PatternsArchaeology at the Bull Brook Site. |
PaleonutritionDiet, DNA, and Sex Determination. |
Australian Biodiversity and Aboriginal BurningHunting with Fire: Women, Foraging and the Ecosystem. |
New England WeatherChanging Patterns in Growing Seasons. |
University of Maine Ice Sheet Model |
Does Aluminum Geochemistry Control Long-term Changes in the Trophic Status of Lakes? |
Ice Sheet ModelingTerrestrial Background and Application to Arsia Mons Lobate Deposit, Mars.
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Equatorial Climate ChangeRecent African Climate Anomalies & Links to Rift Valley Fever |
Solar Forcing of Climate Through Changes in Atmospheric Circulation |
Lake Level Change in the Northeastern United StatesPatterns of Radical & Continuous Change Since the End of the Last Glacial Period. |
Meteorological Reconstruction Using Forensic Synoptic Analysis
The Weather of 1785: A Case Study. |
Human Impacts on the Landscape
Humans Move Tremendous Amounts of Earth Annually. |
Landscape Evolution and Agriculture in Southern PeruHyper-arid Desert Coast Once Supported Significant Farming During Prehistoric and Historic Times. |
Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition in the North American Rocky MountainsEcological Change in Remote, High-Elevation Lakes.  View/Download PDF |
Conserving Tidal Marsh Birds in an Era of Climate ChangePrioritizing Actions at the Intersection of Our Changing Land and Seascapes. View/Download PDF |
Holocene Volcanic Record from the SDMA Ice CoreUnveiling the Volcanic Component of Climate Forcing. View/Download PDF |
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Ice Core PerspectivesUncovering the Past to Help Understand the Future. |
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News &Events
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June 18, 2013
Greenland Field Expedition Blog - Saros
University of Maine’s Jasmine Saros and a team of graduate students and post-doctorate students are in Greenland this summer investigating diatom assemblages for clues on how climate change... | Read more... -
June 10, 2013
Medieval Irish chronicles reveal persistent volcanic forcing of severe winter cold events, 431–1649 CE - Mayewski et. al. - Environ. Res. Lett., 2013
Abstract Explosive volcanism resulting in stratospheric injection of sulfate aerosol is a major driver of regional to global climatic variability on interannual and longer timescales. However,... | Read more... -
May 23, 2013
UMaine Students Compete in IGERT Video, Poster Contest
Two entries from University of Maine graduate students have been submitted into the National Science Foundation’s Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT)... | Read more...
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April 25, 2013
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE DAY
Announcing the 6th Annual Climate Change Science Day at the University of Maine on May 2, 2013. This open house will include tours and demonstrations aimed at high school students and will feature... | Read more... -
April 24, 2013
Mayewski - Honorary Member of American Polar Society
Dr. Paul Mayewski was made Honorary Member of the American Polar Society after delivering the keynote address at the American Polar Society 75th Anniversary Celebration at Woods Hole, Mass. ... | Read more... -
April 24, 2013
Denton Among Winners of Phi Beta Kappa Book Award in Science
Professor George Denton of the Climate Change Institute, and co-authors Philip Conkling, Richard Alley and Wallace Broecker are recipients of the Phi Beta Kappa Book Award in Science for “The... | Read more...
