Climate Change Institute

Human-Environment Interaction in the Central Coast of Peru toward the end of the Early Intermediate Period (ca. AD 500-700). A View from a Late Lima Culture Site. Participant: Ana Cecilia Mauricio Location: Lima, Peru Dates: June-August 2010 Introduction Paleoenvironmental studies are critical not only for climatic and environmental reconstructions but also for assessing some of […]

Los Morteros Ground-Penetrating Radar Study, Chaos, Peru CCI Participants:  Daniel Sandweiss, Joseph Kelley, Alice Kelley, Daniel Belknap; CCI Graduate Students:  Kurt Rademaker, Elizabeth Olsen, Cecilia Maurico; CCI Undergraduate Students:  David Reid, Owen McGlamery Dates: July – August 2010 Funding Source:  National Geographic Society Expedition Overview During the second half of July, a team from the […]

BearTooth Mountains 2010 Assessing the release of reactive nitrogen by melting alpine glaciers: effects on diatom diversity and water clarity in lake ecosystems over the last century. Krista Slemmons, Jasmine Saros, Carmen Daggett, Courtney Wigdahl, Dominic Winski, Caleb Slemmons Beartooth Mountains (central Rockies), Montana and Wyoming – August, 2011 The goal this expedition was to […]

Southern Transantarctic Mountains, Beardmore Glacier, Antarctica Constraints on the Last Ross Sea Ice Sheet from Glacial Deposits in the Southern Transantarctic Mountains Beardmore Glacier, Antarctica Brenda Hall, Gordon Bromley Dec. 4 – Dec. 31, 2010 During the last glacial maximum (LGM) the Antarctic Ice Sheet filled the Ross Embayment to a northern limit near Coulman […]

Royal Society Range, Antarctic Ice Sheet Sensitivity of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to the Last Two Glacial/Interglacial Cycles Brenda Hall, Stephanie Allard, Toby Koffman, Calvin Mako, Robin Arnold, Glenn McKenney December 2010 – February 2011 What is the role of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) in Quaternary climate change? Despite its importance to Earth’s climate […]

Spatial Extrapolation of Melt and Mass Balance in the Central Alaska Range Dominic Winski, Seth Campbell, Kristin Schild May 9 – June 8, 2011 Funding for this project was generously provided by the Dan and Betty Churchill Exploration Fund.   The primary goals of the 2011 field expedition are as follows: 1.     Collect data on […]