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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Expedition Location: Sisimiut – Sarfannguit – Kangerlussuaq – Nuuk, West Greenland Expedition Dates: November 1 – 10, 2023 Field Team Members: Clay Prater (University of Arkansas), Vendy Hazukova (CCI, UMaine), Federica Scarpa (Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network), and Thomas Ingeman-Nielsen (Danish Technical University) Funding Support: International Arctic Science Committee Background and Significance: Development in the Arctic […]
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Expedition Location: Inyo National Forest, California Expedition Dates: September 25-29, 2023 Field Team Members: Meghan Spoth (PhD Student, UMaine), Maraina Miles (PhD Student, UMaine) Funding Support: Dan & Betty Churchill Exploration Fund Research Background: What drives droughts in the American West? The position of the westerly winds may influence precipitation amount and pattern in the […]
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Expedition Location: Vestland, Norway Expedition Dates: August 29th 2023 – September 29th 2023 Field Team Members: Ansley Grider (MS Student, UMaine) Field Trip Leader, Jasmine Saros (Professor, UMaine) Funding Support: Dan & Betty Churchill Exploration Fund Background & Significance: Glaciers are located at an interface between the atmospheric and terrestrial environments, making them potential hot […]
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Expedition Location: Lysefjord, southwestern Norway Expedition Dates: August 2023 Field Team Members: Tricia Hall Collins (PhD Student, UMaine) Field Trip Leader, Katie Westbrook (MS Student, UMaine), and Dr. Aaron Putnam (UMaine). Funding Support: The Robert and Judith Sturgis Family Foundation Background & Study Area: I completed fieldwork in Lysefjord (figure 1) in southwestern Norway […]
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Expedition Location: Eclipse Icefield, Kluane National Park and Reserve, Yukon, Canada Expedition Dates: June 2023 Field Team Members: Renée Clavette (PhD Student, UMaine) Field Trip Leader, Inga Kindstedt (PhD Candidate, UMaine), Emma Erwin (PhD Student, UMaine), Kailey Mannello (Master’s Student, UMaine). Funding Support: Churchill Exploration Fund, UMaine Graduate Student Government, The Golden Family Foundation – […]
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Expedition Location: Svaneti, Georgia Expedition Dates: July 2023 Field Team Members: Lizi Gadrani 1,2*, Mikheil Elashvili3, Anca Dan4 1Climate Change Institute, University of Maine 2School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine 3Cultural Heritage and Environmental Research Center, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia 4CNRS, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France Funding Support: The Robert and […]
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