Climate Change Institute

Robert W. Kates, geographer, sustainability scientist, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, died in Trenton, ME, April 21, 2018. He was 89 years old. Link to Obituary

William Kochtitzky and Ellyn Enderlin co-authorized an article for Journal of Glaciology entitled: Improved estimates of glacier change rates at Nevado Coropuna Ice Cap, Peru. ABSTRACT. Accurate quantification of rates of glacier mass loss is critical for managing water resources and for assessing hazards at ice-clad volcanoes, especially in arid regions like southern Peru. In […]

Bradfield Lyon, an associate research professor in climate analysis at the University of Maine, spoke with National Geographic for the article, “The dangers of dzud, Mongolia’s lethal winters.” For the second time this decade, extreme winter conditions on the Mongolian steppe caused extensive die-offs of animals that traditional herding communities rely on for their survival, […]

Dr. Bradfield Lyon contributed to the National Geographic article (April 2018) entitled: The Danges of Dzud, Mongolia’s Lethal Winters. Nomadic herders of the Mongolian steppe are at the mercy of these dramatic winters, and scientists are struggling to under the lethal phenomenon.  Link to article.

During March of 2018, Dr. Paul A. Mayewski delivered a presentation entitled: Journey Into Climate at the Appalachian State University in North Carolina.

A fisheries scientist whose research informs commercial and recreational resource management, a popular mechanical engineering professor whose classroom contributions include development of new curricula and educational software, and a soil scientist whose leadership and expertise benefit policymakers and the public are the recipients of the University of Maine’s top faculty honors this year. Yong Chen, […]

Terry Hughes, 80, died March 10 at his home in Ft. Pierre, Florida. In 1974, Hughes began a joint appointment at the University of Maine in the Department of Geological Sciences (now the Department of Earth Sciences) and the Institute for Quaternary Studies (now the Climate Change Institute). His glaciological and climate research was published […]

Every year, representatives from ~195 countries gather at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Conference of the Parties (COP). Last year, two CCI graduate students and two faculty members attended COP23 in Bonn, Germany. From their experience, coupled with their attendance at previous COPs, CCI students Anna McGinn and Will Kochtitzky wrote a […]

Daily Beast featured the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer in the article, “Four reasons snowy springs don’t disprove global warming.” The article states that a small swath of land from Maine to Georgia is not representative of the entire Earth’s surface, and the warming effects of global climate disruption have not been […]