Reframing Adaptation: A Multilevel Analysis of Collective Action, Power, and Politics of Climate Change Adaptation in Climate Vulnerable Communities

Expedition Dates: December 2021 – August 2022 (anticipated) Expedition Field Team Members: Suman Acharya, PhD Candidate, Anthropology and Environmental Policy & Climate Change Institute, Unviersity of Maine Expedition Funding: Dan & Betty Churchill Exploration Fund Field Expedition Location: Dailekh District, Nepal Research Background Global climate change presents extreme challenges to both social […]

Abrupt Climate Change during the Last Glacial Termination in Maine

Expedition Dates: May-October 2021 Expedition Field Team Members: Maraina Miles1,2, Meghan Spoth1,2 Climate Change Institute, University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Science, University of Maine Expedition Funding: Dan & Betty Churchill Exploration Fund Field Expedition Location: Baxter State Park, Maine Summary: Katahdin, the largest mountain in Maine, offers a […]

Where the Westerly Wind Blows: A Field Season to the Falkland Islands

Expedition Dates: March – April 2019 Field Team Members: Brenda Hall1,2, Meghan Spoth1,2, Thomas Lowell3 1 Climate Change Institute, University of Maine 2 School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine 3 University of Cincinnati Expedition Funding: Churchill Exploration Fund, UMaine GSG Summary: The Southern Hemisphere Westerlies are an important component of […]

Unraveling Changing Temperature of West Greenland Lakes Under Ice and Beyond

Expedition Dates: August 2021 Expedition Field Team Members: Vaclava Hazukova, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine; Benjamin Burpee, Aquatic Scientist, Ecosystem Consulting Services Expedition Funding: Dan & Betty Churchill Exploration Fund I would like to sincerely thank Dan and Betty Churchill for making this field work possible. Field Expedition Location: Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland […]

Investigating Maine’s Indigenous fire pre-history.

Expedition Dates: August – October 2021 Expedition Field Team Members: Madi Landrum, Kit Hamley, Alessandro Mereghetti, Noa Buzby, Tommy Thelander, Meghan Spoth, Jacquelyn Gill, and Andrea Nurse Expedition Funding: Churchill Exploration Fund. Thank you Dan and Betty for making this field season possible. Other Acknowledgements: Thanks to Acadia National Park and Hirundo Wildlife Refuge for […]

A Sky Island Perspective: New England Alpine Plant Community Change Through Time and Space

Expedition Dates: June 2021 – October 2021 Expedition Field Team Members: Andrea Tirrell¹², Michael Cianchette², Mackenzie Connor² ¹Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, USA ²School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, USA Expedition Funding: Churchill Exploration Fund Field Expedition Location: New England alpine sites (New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont) Project Overview: […]

The Response of the Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys Sabrinus) to Rising Ambient Temperatures, Aroostook State Park, Presque Isle, Maine

Expedition Dates: May 31 – August 11, 2019 Field Team Members: Elise K. Gudde1,2, Danielle L. Levesque1,2, Stephanie Ross3 1 School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, USA 2 Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, USA 3 Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Conservation Biology, University of Maine, USA Expedition Funding: UMS Research Reinvestment […]

Beyond the Holarctic comfort zone: Thermoregulation in a Sundaland Rodent

Expedition Dates: May 31 – August 11, 2019 Field Team Members: Ana M. Breit1,2, Tal Kleinhause-Goldman Gedalyahou3, Khairul Ikhwan4, Marcellinus Isaac Stia Dominic4, Andrew Alec Tuen4, Danielle L. Levesque 1,2 1 School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, USA 2 Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, USA 3 Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Conservation […]

Wetland Coring at the Albany Pine Bush, New York

The Age and Evolution of the Albany Pine Bush (Albany, NY)

Expedition Dates: July 2020 Expedition Field Team Members: J. Curt Stager, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, and Paul Smith’s College; Skylar Murphy, Environmental Science, Paul Smith’s College Expedition Funding: Draper-Lussi Endowed Chair Fund Field Expedition Location: Albany Pine Bush, Albany, NY Summary: The Albany Pine Bush is a unique forest habitat dominated by pitch […]

Trails cut by the survey team around the monumental core of Tikin Ha.

Rediscovering the Ancient Maya City of Tikin Ha, Belize

Expedition Dates: February – March, 2019 Expedition Field Team Members: Field Team: Brett A. Houk1, Gregory Zaro2,3, Mark D. Willis4 1 – Texas Tech University – Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work 2 – University of Maine – Department of Anthropology 3 – University of Maine – Climate Change Institute 4 – Flinders University – […]

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