Expeditions

El Niño, Power, and Resilience in the Lambayeque Valley: Building Connections for Future Research

Expedition Field Team Members: Elizabeth Leclerc1,2*, Heather Landázuri1,2*, Daniel Sandweiss1,2, Oswaldo Chozo Capuñay3, Alberto López 1Climate Change Institute, University of Maine 2Department of Anthropology, University of Maine 3Túcume Archaeological Site and Museum *Student grantees   Field Expedition Location:  Lambayeque Valley, Peru Expedition Dates:  June 2022 Funding Support:  The Robert & Judith Sturgis Family Foundation   […]

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Characterizing the Effects of Elevation and Ice Deformation on the Begguya (Mt. Hunter) Ice Core Record

Expedition Field Team Members: Emma Erwin 1,2,3 Ingalise Kindstedt1, Liam Kirkpatrick4,5, Scott Braddock1,2 1University of Maine, Climate Change Institute 2University of Maine, School of Earth and Climate Sciences 3Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory 4Dartmouth College, Department of Earth Science 5University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Science   Expedition Funding:  The Robert and […]

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A Sky Island Perspective: New England Alpine Plant Community Change Through Time and Space

Expedition Dates:  June 2021 – October 2021 Expedition Field Team Members: Andrea Tirrell¹², Michael Cianchette², Mackenzie Connor² ¹Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, USA ²School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, USA   Expedition Funding: Churchill Exploration Fund   Field Expedition Location:  New England alpine sites (New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont)   Project Overview: […]

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Abrupt Climate Change during the Last Glacial Termination in Maine

  Expedition Dates: May-October 2021   Expedition Field Team Members: Maraina Miles1,2, Meghan Spoth1,2 Climate Change Institute, University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Science, University of Maine Expedition Funding: Dan & Betty Churchill Exploration Fund   Field Expedition Location:  Baxter State Park, Maine   Summary: Katahdin, the largest mountain in Maine, offers a […]

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Where the Westerly Wind Blows: A Field Season to the Falkland Islands

Expedition Dates:  March – April 2019 Field Team Members: Brenda Hall1,2, Meghan Spoth1,2, Thomas Lowell3 1 Climate Change Institute, University of Maine 2 School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine 3 University of Cincinnati   Expedition Funding: Churchill Exploration Fund, UMaine GSG   Summary: The Southern Hemisphere Westerlies are an important component of […]

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Unraveling Changing Temperature of West Greenland Lakes Under Ice and Beyond

Expedition Dates:  August 2021   Expedition Field Team Members: Vaclava Hazukova, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine; Benjamin Burpee, Aquatic Scientist, Ecosystem Consulting Services   Expedition Funding: Dan & Betty Churchill Exploration Fund I would like to sincerely thank Dan and Betty Churchill for making this field work possible.   Field Expedition Location:  Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland […]

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Investigating Maine’s Indigenous fire pre-history.

Expedition Dates:  August – October 2021 Expedition Field Team Members: Madi Landrum, Kit Hamley, Alessandro Mereghetti, Noa Buzby, Tommy Thelander, Meghan Spoth, Jacquelyn Gill, and Andrea Nurse Expedition Funding: Churchill Exploration Fund.   Thank you Dan and Betty for making this field season possible. Other Acknowledgements: Thanks to Acadia National Park and Hirundo Wildlife Refuge for […]

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The Response of the Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys Sabrinus) to Rising Ambient Temperatures, Aroostook State Park, Presque Isle, Maine

Expedition Dates:  May 31 – August 11, 2019 Field Team Members: Elise K. Gudde1,2, Danielle L. Levesque1,2, Stephanie Ross3 1 School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, USA 2 Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, USA 3 Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Conservation Biology, University of Maine, USA   Expedition Funding:  UMS Research Reinvestment […]

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Group photo of research members.

Beyond the Holarctic comfort zone: Thermoregulation in a Sundaland Rodent

Expedition Dates:  May 31 – August 11, 2019 Field Team Members: Ana M. Breit1,2, Tal Kleinhause-Goldman Gedalyahou3, Khairul Ikhwan4, Marcellinus Isaac Stia Dominic4, Andrew Alec Tuen4, Danielle L. Levesque 1,2 1 School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, USA 2 Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, USA 3 Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Conservation […]

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