Expedition Location: Tierra del Fuego, Chile Expedition Dates: March 7-April 5, 2024 Field Team Members: Dr. Brenda Hall* (co-PI), Dr. Thomas Lowell* (co-PI), Dr. Rodrigo Soteres (Postdoc), Meghan Spoth (PhD student), Maraina Miles (PhD student), Sera Thomas (MS student), Annika Schmidt (MS student) Funding Support: Dan and Betty Churchill Exploration Fund Introduction How rapid was […]
Read more
Baku, Azerbaijan, November 11th – 22nd, 2024. Over the next two weeks, members of the University of Maine and Maine Law delegation will be following key negotiation streams including discussions linked to a new global goal for annual investments in climate policy, carbon trading mechanisms, adaptation for indigenous communities, and operationalizing the loss and damage fund. […]
Read more
Grantee: Emily Blackwood (Ph.D. candidate, UMaine) Expedition Dates: July 12th – 27th, 2024 Field Team Members: Emily Blackwood (Ph.D. candidate, UMaine), Kelly Hoover (MSstudent, UMaine), Dan Sandweiss (Professor, UMaine), Alice Kelley (Associate ResearchProfessor, UMaine), Alan Gontz (Professor, Clarkson University), Cecilia Mauricio (Professor,Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) Expedition Funding: Dan & Betty Churchill Exploration Fund Background […]
Read more
Expedition Dates: July 16th, 2024 – July 25th, 2024Field Team Members: Kelly Hoover (MS student, Ph.D. student, UMaine), Allen Gontz(Professor, Clarkson University), Emily Blackwood (Ph.D. Candidate, UMaine), Dan Sandweiss(Professor, UMaine), Alice Kelley (Emerita, UMaine), Cecilia Mauricio (Pontificia UniversidadCatólica del Perú)Funding Support: Dan & Betty Churchill Exploration Fund Introduction:On the Northwest coast of Peru, spilling over […]
Read more
Expedition Location: Qassiarsuk, Greenland Expedition Dates: June 16th 2024 – July 3rd 2024 Field Team Members: Kiley Daley (Postdoctoral Research Associate, UMaine), Erik Kielsen (Independent Researcher, Greenland), Amanda Gavin (PhD Student, UMaine), Thomas Grindle (PhD Student, UMaine) Funding Support: UMaine Flagship Postdoctoral Fellowship and the National Science Foundation Systems Approaches to Understanding and Navigating the […]
Read more
Expedition Dates: May 25 – June 06, 2024 Field Team Members: Dr. Paul Mayewski, Dr. Mariusz Potocki, Alex Kuli, Ligia Naveira, Cory Limberger From May 25th to June 06th, a field expedition in West Greenland was conducted aboard the sailing vessel ArcticEarth and the Climate Change Institute team. The expedition members, led by the Director […]
Read more
Expedition Location: Southwest Greenland Expedition Dates: 06/08/2024 – 06/23/2024 Field Team Members: Cory Limberger, PhD Student, Climate Change Institute; Rachel Fischer, Maine Law School Graduate Student and Alex Drew, Maine Law School Graduate Student Funding Support: Mrs. Elisabeth Crowley I want to begin this report with gratitude and thanks to Mrs. Elisabeth Crowley for making […]
Read more
Expedition Location: Kiana & Andy Lake, Alaska Expedition Dates: March 31 – April 17, 2024 Field Team Members: *Alessandro Mereghetti1, Dr. Dulcinea V. Groff2, Joseph Boots-Ebenfield1, Kaitlyn Gerstler2, Shannon Thompson 1, Glenn Miller 1 University of Maine, Climate Change Institute 2 University of Wyoming Funding Support: Dan & Betty Churchill Exploration Fund, NSF CAREER […]
Read more
Expedition Location: Cordillera Darwin, Chile Expedition Dates: March 1 – April 7, 2024 Field Team Members: Sera Thomas (MS Student, UMaine), Meghan Spoth (Phd Student, UMaine), Maraina Miles (Phd Student, UMaine), Annika Schmidt (MS Student, Northwestern University), Dr. Rodrigo Sotores (Postdoc, University of Magallanes), Dr. Brenda Hall (Co-PI, UMaine), Dr. Thomas Lowell (Co-PI, University of […]
Read more