Climate Change Institute

Field Team Members: Kristin Strock, Jasmine Saros, Daniel Engstrom*, and James Almendinger* *St. Croix Watershed Research Station, Science Museum of Minnesota Dates: August 21st – August 29th 2013   Funding for this project was generously provided by the Dan and Betty Churchill Exploration Fund and the National Park Service George Melendez Wright Fellowship   Isle Royale National […]

Climate-Driven Changes in Nutrients and Water Column Stability in Lakes of Southwestern Greenland Field Team Members: Benjamin Burpee, Jasmine Saros, Robert Northington, and Emily Rice Dates: July 15th – August 2nd 2013 Southwestern Greenland Kangerlussuaq (67°00′31″ N 50°41′21″ W) is located in southwestern Greenland in the widest margin between the coast and ice sheet at 180 km. […]

Colle Gnifetti 2013 Field Team Members: Pascal Bohleber, Nicole Spaulding, Remo Walther, Helene Hoffman, Johanna Kerch, Martin Hackel, Samuel Marending Location: Swiss/Italian Alps Dates: August 5 – August 11, 2013 Funding Support: Arcadia Fund The Colle Gnifetti glacier of the Monta Rosa Massif on the Swiss-Italian border is perfectly situated to offer insight into the […]

Using Glacial Geology to Study the Ice-thinning History Since the Last Glacial Maximum Alongside Hatherton Glacier, Antarctica Hatherton Glacier, Antarctica 2013 Using Glacial Geology to Study the Ice-thinning History Since the Last Glacial Maximum Alongside Hatherton Glacier, Antarctica. Field Team Members: Courtney King1,2, Dr. Brenda Hall1,2, Trevor Hillebrand3, and Dr. John Stone3 1.  Climate Change […]

Stratigraphic Exploration of the Paleo-embayment of Pampa de las Salinas Research Report Submitted to the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine as a requirement for the Dan and Betty Churchill Exploration Fund Ana Cecilia Mauricio Introduction Los Morteros is a pre-pottery archaeological site located on the lower Chao Valley, north coast of Peru […]

Isotopic Signature of an Atmospheric River Event- Denali National Park, Alaska Field Team Members: Karl Kreutz, Seth Campbell, Abigail Bradford May 14, 2014 – May 30, 2014 Background On January 23, 2014 the Alaska Range experienced heavy rains from an atmospheric river event originating in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Hawaiian Islands (NCDC, 2014). […]

Changing Microbial Ecologies in Southwest Greenland Arctic Lakes Field Team Members: Benjamin Burpee, Jasmine Saros, Robert Northington, Hamish Greig, and Rachel Dicker Dates: May 27th – June 30th 2014 Kangerlussuaq, Greenland (67°00′31″N 50°41′21″W, Figure 1) is located just above the Arctic Circle on the widest margin of land surrounding the Greenland Ice Sheet (Figure 2). Permafrost in […]

Exploring Stakeholder Needs for Coastal Research in a Rapidly Changing Arctic Field Team Members: Mo Correll1,2, Philip Martin2, Flora Rexford3 1The University of Maine, 2The Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative, 3The Arctic Borderlands Ecological Knowledge Society Field Location: Beaufort Sea coast, AK Dates: May-September 2014 Funding Support: A2C2 NSF IGERT program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, University of […]

Effects of Changing Snowpack on Alpine Lakes in the Rocky Mountains Field Team Members: Erin Hayes-Pontius, Kate Warner, and Rachel Dicker Dates: July 5 – July 23, 2014 Funding Support: Dan and Betty Churchill Fund Location: Beartooth Mountains   Background Alpine lake ecosystems have a short ice-off season, which means that even small changes in […]