Climate Change Institute

Two of our newest members (partially salaried into CCI) just published a book: Matthew and Natalia Magnani, editors, Arctic Silk Roads: An Anthropology of the Unbuilt. Berhahn Books, 2026. The book is available open access.  Description: As climate change accelerates, melting sea ice is fueling the global imagination and geopolitical anticipation of the Arctic region’s accessible transport routes […]

Mariusz Potocki, glaciochemist and field scientist at the Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, has been selected as a member of The Explorers Club 50 (EC50) Class of 2026. The EC50 recognizes fifty individuals from around the world whose work advances scientific exploration, environmental understanding, and public engagement. Potocki’s research focuses on ice cores from […]

After leading the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute for 24 years, climate scientist Paul Mayewski stepped down from his role this past September. His transition comes amidst a shift in support for climate research. Mayewski joins us to talk about his career and research as a leading glaciologist, his outlook on the future of […]

https://dungeonsofscience.substack.com/p/dr-paul-a-mayewski-on-glaciology?r=2zn13y

https://www.newscentermaine.com/video/news/local/207/207-december-11-2025/97-d8ca6a14-c34e-4902-ac8b-40e2b3212424

Jacquelyn Gill is a co-author on Spanbauer et al, Advancing Ecology and Evolution through Continental Scientific Drilling. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169-5347(25)00321-0

Deirde McGrath received a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship last spring.

Andrei Kurbatov participated in the proposal submittedto the PAGES (Past Global Changes) Executive Committee to establish thenew working group PaleoIMAGING. It has been formally approved by the PAGES. In their acceptance letter, the PAGES leadership highlighted the strategic importance of the working group’s objectives, particularly the development of open-access data curation and sharing protocols and […]

Kimberley Miner was interviewed by The Weather Channel about Arctic change and also spoke with the NPS/NASA group about climate change.