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"Blue" icebergs (Naajat Serimat Glacier)

Quantifying changes in glacier dynamics of marine-terminating glaciers retreating and transitioning to land between 1943 and 2025 in South Greenland fjords

Expedition Location: Qalerallit Imaat and Sermilik Fjord, South Greenland Expedition Dates: Jun 11 to 16, 2025 Field Team Members: Mathilde Børch, Kristin Schild, Lee Karp-Boss, Allie Berry, Kayla Guthrie, Miranda Seixas, Wyatt Stanley, and Seth Campbell Funding Support: The Robert and Judith Sturgis Family Foundation, and NSF SAUNNA NRT Background and Significance: Today, glaciers worldwide […]

Investigating microbial community composition and function in glacially-fed lakes in Jostedalsbreen, Norway

Expedition Location: Sogndal, Norway Expedition Dates: July 27, 2025 – August 8, 2025 Field Team Members: Miranda Seixas*, Kayla Guthrie, Misa Saros, Jacob Yde, Jasmine Saros Funding Support: The Robert and Judith Sturgis Family Foundation Exploration Fund Introduction: The cryosphere is anywhere on Earth where water is frozen, including ice sheets, ice caps, mountain glaciers, […]

Amanda Gavin: Investigating Greenland’s rapidly changing water supply

For nearly a decade, Amanda Gavin has studied and conserved lakes, including many in Maine, that provide drinking water and support agriculture. Today, she’s investigating what the future may hold for tens of thousands of crystalline blue lakes within an Arctic country experiencing rapid ecological change: Greenland. More frequent heat waves, drought, heavy rain and […]

Investigation of Iron and Carbon in West Greenland Lakes

Expedition Location: Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland Expedition Dates: 06/30/2024-07/07/2024 Field Team Members: Dr. Jasmine Saros, Dr. Suzanne McGowan, Dr. Robert Northington, Dr. Adam Heathcote, Dr. Vaclava Hazukova, Thomas Grindle, Alex Saros, Misa Saros Funding Support: Dan and Betty Churchill Exploration Fund, NSF Grant #DGE-2021713 (Systems Approaches to Understanding and Navigating the New Arctic NRT) Introduction: Lake […]

Behavior of the Cordillera Darwin Icefield during the Last Termination

Expedition Location: Tierra del Fuego, Chile Expedition Dates: March 7-April 5, 2024 Field Team Members: Dr. Brenda Hall* (co-PI), Dr. Thomas Lowell* (co-PI), Dr. Rodrigo Soteres (Postdoc), Meghan Spoth (PhD student), Maraina Miles (PhD student), Sera Thomas (MS student), Annika Schmidt (MS student) Funding Support: Dan and Betty Churchill Exploration Fund Introduction How rapid was […]

COP 29 Blog

Baku, Azerbaijan, November 11th – 22nd, 2024. Over the next two weeks, members of the University of Maine and Maine Law delegation will be following key negotiation streams including discussions linked to a new global goal for annual investments in climate policy, carbon trading mechanisms, adaptation for Indigenous communities, and operationalizing the loss and damage fund. […]

Digital Data Capture from the Ostra Collecting Site, Peru

Grantee: Emily Blackwood (Ph.D. candidate, UMaine) Expedition Dates: July 12th – 27th, 2024 Field Team Members: Emily Blackwood (Ph.D. candidate, UMaine), Kelly Hoover (MSstudent, UMaine), Dan Sandweiss (Professor, UMaine), Alice Kelley (Associate ResearchProfessor, UMaine), Alan Gontz (Professor, Clarkson University), Cecilia Mauricio (Professor,Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) Expedition Funding: Dan & Betty Churchill Exploration Fund Background […]

Ground-Penetrating Radar Collection at Los Morteros, Chao, Peru

Expedition Dates: July 16th, 2024 – July 25th, 2024Field Team Members: Kelly Hoover (MS student, Ph.D. student, UMaine), Allen Gontz(Professor, Clarkson University), Emily Blackwood (Ph.D. Candidate, UMaine), Dan Sandweiss(Professor, UMaine), Alice Kelley (Emerita, UMaine), Cecilia Mauricio (Pontificia UniversidadCatólica del Perú)Funding Support: Dan & Betty Churchill Exploration Fund Introduction:On the Northwest coast of Peru, spilling over […]

Impacts of Changing Arctic Freshwater Resources on South Greenland Farm Water Use and Irrigation Systems

Expedition Location: Qassiarsuk, Greenland Expedition Dates: June 16th 2024 – July 3rd 2024 Field Team Members: Kiley Daley (Postdoctoral Research Associate, UMaine), Erik Kielsen (Independent Researcher, Greenland), Amanda Gavin (PhD Student, UMaine), Thomas Grindle (PhD Student, UMaine) Funding Support: UMaine Flagship Postdoctoral Fellowship and the National Science Foundation Systems Approaches to Understanding and Navigating the […]

West Greenland Field Expedition (including Sisimiut, Disko, and Ilulissat)

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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