Climate Change Institute

Northern Great Plains – North Dakota The Role of Dissolved Organic Material in Regulating Primary Production in Prairie Saline Lakes Jasmine Saros, Courtney Wigdahl, Carmen Daggett August 2006, May 2009 Lake ecosystems are often defined in terms of a trophic paradigm, in which lake productivity is considered a direct function of nutrient loading. This paradigm […]

The 2006 -2007 US ITASE team was in Antarctica from November 3 through January 22th. November 4th-9th Photo Gallery November 9th-12th Photo Gallery November 13th-21st Photo Gallery November 23rd-26th Photo Gallery Taylor Dome Photo Gallery Mid December Photo Gallery Mid-season Photo Gallery

Meteorological Controls on Snow Accumulation and Chemistry in the St. Elias Mountains This Project is supported by a generous grant from the Dan and Betty Churchill Exploration Fund Nate Vogan July 6th to 24th, 2006 The Arctic plays a prominent role in global climate change research because of both its sensitivity to changing climate and […]

Archaeological and Glacial Geologic Investigations of the Nevado Coropuna, Peru Kurt Rademaker, Gordon Bromley, Claire Todd and Louis Fortin May 16, 2006 to July 15, 2006 This project seeks to better understand links between climate change, the glacial history of the tropical Andes, and the initial human settlement of South America. At the end of […]

Developing a chronology of glacial advances in the Southern Alps, New Zealand from the LGM to present. Glacial Advances in the Southern Alps, New Zealand Aaron E. Putnam, Alice M. Doughty, University of Maine Michael R. Kaplan, Columbia University January 19th to May 14th, 2006 A fundamental question in global climate research is whether mountain […]

Chronology of Late Holocene Moraines, Cordillera Darwin Chronology of Late Holocene Moraines, Cordillera Darwin: Implications for the Global Extent and Character of the Little Ice Age Brenda Hall, University of Maine and Charles Porter Patagonia Research Foundation, and UMaine March 1, 2006 to May 1, 2006 The Little Ice Age (LIA) is classically defined in […]

Ice coring in the Patagonia Ice Fields. Abrupt Climate Change – Ice cores from Patagonia This project is supported by a grant from NOAA, Office of Global Programs Paul A. Mayewski, Andrei Kurbatov and Bjorn GrigholmUniversity of Maine Mark Wumkes, Glacier Data, Fairbanks Alaska Anja Wendt and Professor Gino Casassa, CECS, Valdivia, Chile. February 13, […]

Abandoned southern elephant seal colonies as paleoclimate indicators in the Antarctic. Abandoned Southern Elephant Seal Colonies as Paleoclimate Indicators in the Antarctic Brenda Hall, Audrey Bamberg, Alice Doughty, University of Maine. Seth Newsome, University of California, Santa Cruz January 1 to February 15, 2006 This is a multidisciplinary project centered on abandoned southern elephant seal […]