Climate Change Institute

How do elevated dust inputs affects carbon cycling in Arctic Lakes? Kangerlussuaq, Greenland June 25 – July 16, 2015 Field team members: Rachel Dicker, Jasmine Saros, Ben Burpee, Robert Northington, Kristin Strock, Helen Schlimm, Max Egener Funding Support: This research was supported by the US National Science Foundation Adaptation to Abrupt Climate Change IGERT program […]

Characterizing nutrients and algal communities of glacially fed lakes across the alpine landscape of the Beartooth Mountains Expedition to the Rocky Mountains of Montana and Wyoming August 10th – 25th, 2015 Field Team: Ben Burpee, Dr. Mark Skidmore, Jordan Allen, and Alex Michaud Rates of warming in alpine regions are two times faster than the […]

Demonstration that a Viable Ice Core Record can be Produced from Mårmaglaciären, Kebnekaise, Sweden Jeffrey Auger and Bjorn Grigholm Climate Change Institute, University of Maine Project Summary This report is to follow up on a scientific expedition to Mårmaglaciären in the Kebnekaise Range, Sweden (Fig. 1), April 2015. The aim of the project is to […]

The Cause of Ice-Age Terminations, Falkland Islands Jillian Pelto, Dr. Brenda Hall, & Dr. Thomas Lowell February — March 2015 Funding Support:  Dan & Betty Churchill Exploration Fund I accompanied Dr. Brenda Hall of the University of Maine and Dr. Thomas Lowell of the University of Cincinnati to the Falkland Islands for three weeks from […]

 The Westwind Expedition: South Georgia Leg 2015 Field Team Members: Dr. Paul Mayewski, Jeff Auger, Benjamin Burpee, Mariusz Potocki – Climate Change Institute University of Maine, USA Dr. Gino Casassa Rogazinski – Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile James Hooper – University of Wollongong, Australia Thomas Smallwood – Imperial College, London, UK Skip Novak – Pelagic […]

Human Adaptations to Climate Change on the North Coast of Peru: Satellite, Survey, and Geophysical Investigation of Archaeological Sites Field Team Members: Ani St. Amand Chao Valley, Peruvian North Coast      July 24 – August 4, 2016 Funding Support: Dan & Betty Churchill Exploration Fund Research Background Like many places on Earth, human populations on the North […]