Climate Change Institute

Dan Sandweiss (Professor of Anthropology and Climate Studies) was recently elected to a 3-year term as a member of the Board of Directors of the Society for American Archaeology (www.saa.org), the leading professional society for archaeologists in the Americas. Sandweiss’s term begins at the SAA Annual Meeting this April.

The Climate Change Institute proudly announces six newly established award opportunities for CCI graduate students:  The Churchill Award for Outstanding Exploration, the Climate Change Institute Student Outstanding Service Award, the Climate Change Institute Outstanding Thesis Award, the Climate Change Institute Outstanding Dissertation Award, the Borns Best Student Presentation Awards and the Borns Best Student Poster […]

The Bangor Daily News reported Charles Porter, a research associate for the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute and well-known mountain climber, passed away Feb. 23, 2014 at the age of 63. Paul Mayewski, director and distinguished professor of the Climate Change Institute, and Brenda Hall, a professor in the institute and UMaine’s School of […]

At a time when some recent college graduates are pursuing internships in search of that elusive first job, Tim Godaire ’12, Environmental Analysis, was steeped in climate change research and contemplating his first expedition to Alaska. Godaire is a graduate research assistant in a master’s track program at the University of Maine’s prestigious Climate Change […]

The Penobscot Bay Pilot reported on ice core research led by Paul Mayewski, director and distinguished professor of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute. Mayewski and his team, who are studying nearly 11,700-year-old ice cores from Greenland, found today’s climate situation in the Arctic is equivalent to, but more localized, than the warming during […]

For years, the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute has been collecting ice samples from all over the world. “These cylinders of ice that are extremely valuable for us to be able to understand how the climate changed,” said Professor Paul Mayewski, the Institute’s director. Now laser technology is revolutionizing that research. “What we’ve done […]

The Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine and PalEON are offering a short course on the science and theory of pollen analysis, including: Modern pollen sample collection & preparation Sediment coring for paleo-vegetation reconstruction Chemical processing, slide preparation & microscopy Pollen morphology & identification Data analysis with R, Tilia, & the Neotoma database […]

  A team of University of Maine scientists studying nearly 11,700-year-old ice cores from Greenland found that history is repeating. Paul Mayewski, director and distinguished professor of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, says today’s climate situation in the Arctic is equivalent to, but more localized, than the warming during the Younger Dryas/Holocene shift about 11,700 years […]

Announcing the Human Dimensions of Climate Change Film Series sponsored by:  Anthropology, Native American Programs, Climate Change Institute and the Fogler Library. Please contact Cindy Isenhour for additional information. Cindy Isenhour, Assistant Professor, Graduate Coordinator Department of Anthropology, University of Maine 303.807.6515        

First ultra-high resolution view (hundreds of samples per year) of the abrupt (1 year) shift in atmospheric circulation that ushered in Holocene climate and demonstration that recent warming in the Arctic while less widely distributed is the most recent similar magnitude event since Holocene onset. Mayewski et al.(2013) Journal of Quaternary Science.