Climate Change Institute

Field Team Members: Peter D. Strand (PhD candidate), George H. Denton, Aaron E. Putnam, Jillian Pelto (M.S. candidate) Collaborators: Dr. Joerg M. Schaefer (Columbia University), David J.A. Barrell (GNS Science), Dr…

Hot or Cold? Assessing “seasonality” during the paradoxical Heinrich Stadial 1 using glacier geochronology in northwest Scotland Field team members: Allie Balter1,2, Holly Thomas2, Gordon Bromley1,2, Steve Barker3 1.  Climate…

Understanding Paleo-Climate, Modern Climate, and Glacier Dynamics in Western Canada: Field Report from Eclipse Ice Field Field Team Members:  Karl Kreutz, Seth Campbell, Will Kochtitzky, Brittany Main (University of Ottawa…

Mt. Logan, St. Elias Range, Yukon, Canada Field Team: Aaron Chesler1,2, Karl Kreutz1,2, Seth Campbell2,3, Adam Toolanen4 1 Climate Change Institute, 2 School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine Orono, 3 University of…

Southwest Greenland Ice Core Expedition: Recovery of Interglacial Ice Record Kangerlussuaq, Greenland Field Team Members: Andrei Kurbatov, Elena Korotkikh, Mike Handley, Heather Clifford June 21- 29, 2017 During late June…

Churchill Exploration Grant Report 2018 K.R. Miner,ab C. Gerbi,a S. Campbell,ac A. Liljedahl,d T. Anderson,e B.L. Perkins,f K. Kreutz ab a.  School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469 USA b.  Climate Change Institute, University…

What Dung Fungus Can Tell Us About the Peopling of the Americas and Extinction of Pleistocene Megafauna Field Team Members:  Catherine Hamley (University of Maine), Gerad Smith (University of Alaska Fairbanks),…

Low-Frequency GPR Measurements at Taku Glacier, Alaska Field Team: Lynn Kaluzienski, Kiya Riverman, Lucas Beem and the following Juneau Icefield Research Program students:Brogen Kellerman, Theresa Westhaver, Daniel Otto, Avery Stewart,…

Nicaragua’s Climate Change Adaptation Landscape 2017 Churchill Exploration Fund Trip Report July 25- August 11, 2017 Anna McGinn, Climate Change Institute and School for Policy and International Affairs, University of…

Beartooth Mountains 2017 UNDERSTANDING AULACOSEIRA ECOLOGY TO REALIZE THE LENTIC RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE Journey to Beartooth Mountains, south central Montana – northwest Wyoming July 5 – August 2, 2017…

Paleoecology of Plant Communities around Treeline at Maine’s Oldest Pond Acadia National Park 2017 Field Team Members: Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie, Jacquelyn Gill, Katherine Glover, Ben Burpee, Abe Miller-Rushing (Acadia National…

The Westwind II Expedition: South Georgia 2017 Field Science Team Members: Mariusz Potocki, Charles Rodda, – Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, USA; Jone Mungia – Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile; Skip…