Greenland 2009 Greenland Margin Ice sampling and the Cause of the Younger Dryas What caused the Younger Dryas, a period of dramatic climate change that coincided with the extinction of many large North American land mammals and a shift in Paleo-Indian culture? In 2008 Climate Change Institute scientists Paul Mayewski, Andrei Kurbatov and Jørgen Peder […]
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Torres del Paine, Chile Assessing the effects of glacial meltwater on lake ecosystems in Torres del Paine, Chile Carmen Daggett, Juan Garcia Recent research in the Rocky Mountains of North America has revealed that melt water from glaciers and rock glaciers is rich in nitrate. These streams of melt water drain into lake ecosystems, thereby […]
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Atacama Desert of South America Desert Resource Management and Punctuated Environmental Change Greg Zaro & Alissa Dubois (text written by Alissa Dubois) The Cola de Zorro archaeological site between the Ilo and Tambo River valleys on the Southern Peruvian coast is situated in what is now one of the driest landscapes on Earth (Figure 1). […]
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Patagonia, Chile Reconstructing the Holocene glacial variations of the Hielo Patagonico Sur at Torres del Paine (51oS), southern South America Juan Luis García, February 2010 Uncovering the timing and extension of glaciers during the Holocene provide clues on the climate variability and its causes during this period. Since several decades glaciers records have been studied […]
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Kahiltna Glacier, Alaska – Denali National Park Modeling energy balance and melt layer formation on the Kahiltna Glacier, Alaska Dom Winski, Seth Campbell, Karl Kreutz A pressing scientific issue in glaciology is assessing the impact of climate change on glacier mass balance, local hydrology, and sea level rise. To address this issue, a detailed physical […]
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Tupungatito Caldera Glacier, Central Andes High-Elevation Ice Core Reconnaissance on Tupungatito Caldera Glacier, Central Andes, Chile Paul A. Mayewski, Gino Casassa, Gonzalo and Sebastian Camps, Daniel Dixon, Daniel Frye, Bjorn Grigholm, Andrei V. Kurbatov, Michael Morrison, Mario Potocki. (With indispensable assistance of local Arrieros: Fernando, Ismael, Marcelino and Antonio) The high elevation glaciers of the […]
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Maine Wetlands 2010 Assessing the Effect of Hydrologic Change on Sora and Virginia Rail Populations Ellen Robertson and Brian Olsen Maine (Penobscot and Washington Counties-May through August-2010) The goal of this expedition was to understand how future changes in hydrologic regimes from climate change will impact the breeding marsh birds of the Northeastern United States. […]
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Glacier History of the New Zealand Southern Alps Personnel: George H. Denton Graduate students: Aaron E. Putnam (Ph.D. candidate), Kathryn L. Ladig (M.S. student), Alice M. Doughty (M.S., now at Victoria University of Wellington), Samuel E. Kelley (M.S., now at University of Buffalo) Collaborators: Dr. Joerg M. Schaefer (Columbia University), Dr. Michael R. Kaplan (Columbia […]
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Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, China Palaeoclimate of Central Asia: Glacial geology and palaeohydrology of the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, China Aaron E. Putnam, George H. Denton Collaborators: Wally Broecker and Joerg Schaefer (Columbia University), David E. Putnam and Chunzeng Wang (University of Maine at Presque Isle), Peter and Fred Quesada (Fore River Company) We ventured to Central […]
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