Climate Change Institute

The Cathedral Glacier: A Disappearing Cirque Glacier in Northern British Columbia Field team members: Ben Partan (1), Scott McGee (2), Bjorn Dulleck (3) 1)    Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 2)    United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska 3)    Department of Geoinformation Science, Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin, Berlin, Germany June 26 […]

Urban Development and Landscape Change at the Nadin Archeological Site, Croatia May 2015 – June 2015 Field Team Members: Marissa Bovie, Dr. Gregory Zaro Funding Support: Churchill Exploration Fund Background:  The purpose of this expedition was to investigate the process of urbanization at the archaeological site of Nadin, Croatia. Nadin is located near the 3,000 year […]

A Beryllium-10 Chronology of the Last Glacial Termination in the Mongolian Altai Mongolian Altai, Mongolia June 15 – July 25, 2015 Field team members: Dr. Aaron Putnam (University of Maine and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) Peter Strand (University of Maine) Dr. David Putnam (University of Maine Presque Isle) Caleb Ward (University of Maine Presque Isle) Sarah Kramer (Medill School of Journalism) […]

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 […]