Climate Change Institute

Glacier History of New Zealand Southern Alps from LGM to present Field Team Members: George H. Denton, Aaron E. Putnam, Tobias N.B. Koffman (Ph.D. candidate), Peter D. Strand (M.S. candidate) Collaborators: Dr. Joerg M. Schaefer (Columbia University), Dr. Michael R. Kaplan (Columbia University), David J.A. Barrell (GNS Science), Dr. Brian M. Anderson (Victoria University of […]

Ground Penetrating Radar of Investigation of Coastal Environments: the Republic of Ireland Field Team Members: Lee Sorrell & Joseph Kelley June 11-­22, 2013 Field Season Funding Support:  Dan and Betty Churchill Exploration Fund   This research is aimed at further understanding beach and coastal systems in relation to sea-­? level change in the Republic Ireland. […]

Tidal Marsh Bird Studies Across the Northeastern U.S., 2013 Field Team Members: Mo Correll, Kate Ruskin, Brian Olsen, Tom Hodgman Field Location: Maine to Virginia, with intensive demographic study in Scarborough Marsh, ME Dates: May-September 2013 Funding Support: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Science Foundation, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, University of […]

Basal Ice Core Pilot Study: Nevado Osjollo Anante, Cordillera Vilcanota, Peru Expedition Team: Charles Rodda,*ab Skylar Haines,ab Anton Seimon,bcBaker Perryc a) UMaine School of Earth and Climate Sciences, b) Climate Change Institute, c) Appalachian State University; Boone, North Carolina *Please direct questions and further communications to the author July 12 – August 1, 2013 Cordillera Vilcanota, Peru […]

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 […]