Climate Change Institute

University of Maine geologist Gordon Bromley spoke with WABI (Channel 5) about his upcoming research expedition to Antarctica. Bromley will study how Earth’s largest ice sheet — the East Antarctic Ice Sheet — has responded during past times of global warming to learn about how it 05 respond in the future to human-caused climate change. […]

Learn how modern humans acquired a unique style of thinking and came to dominate the planet while other human species went extinct. Ian Tattersall will deliver a free, public lecture, “We Are What We Think: The Origins of Modern Human Cognition,” at 7 p.m. 10 . 5, in Hutchins Hall at the Collins Center for […]

University of Maine researcher Paul Mayewski and the Climate Change Institute are lauded in the recent World Ocean Radio program “Climate Future Planning.” Host Peter Neill, director of the World Ocean Observatory, hails the work of Mayewski and CCI for creating a “software matrix that relates changes in the environment to plausible, scalable scenarios and […]

Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Arctic Newswire article, “Arctic experts warn of urgent need for collaboration.” Several speakers at a forum on Arctic issues held in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday focused on the the difficulties of communication and collaboration facing the government and […]

University of Maine geologist Gordon Bromley will study how Earth’s largest ice sheet has responded during past times of global warming to learn about how it 05 respond in the future to human-caused climate change. The answers have implications: If the East Antarctic Ice Sheet melts, sea level around the planet could rise about 180 […]

September 10, 2015 The central ornithology publication office reported on University of Maine researchers studying bird trade-offs during migratory flights. They need to fuel up with food as efficiently as possible, but they need to avoid predators while they do it, says the release. Graduate student Jennifer McCabe and Professor Brian Olsen spent two years […]

Paul Andrew Mayewski, Professor & Director of The Climate Change Institute , is passionate about climate change and changes in the chemistry of the atmosphere. An intrepid explorer, he has led expeditions to collect scientific core samples from Antarctica, the Arctic, the Andes, New Zealand, the Himalayas, and the Tibetan Plateau. Paul is Professor and Director […]

Kimberley Rain Miner is a PhD candidate in Paleoclimatology at the Climate Change Institute. Her research examines chemical pollutants in glacier melt. Findings from this project will inform management decisions in areas where meltwaters are used for municipal and recreational purposes. Starting in the 1950s, chemical substances developed for agricultural and industrial purposes were used […]

  By Sarah Kramer The Altai Mounts of western Mongolia 05 be concealing secrets amid the splendor. The breathtaking alpine landscape could hold clues to how abrupt climate change might have impacted our ancestors— and how it 05 impact our descendants. This summer, a team of scientists, students and historians trekked through the hills and […]

  Two different climate scenarios appear plausible for Antarctica in the 21st century, says Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. An examination of climate models as well as records of climate change developed through ice cores reveal a potential for future climate surprises in the Southern Hemisphere, he […]