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Link to World Ocean Observatory – Radio Episode Radio Transcript — Externality Episode I’m Peter Neill, Director of the World Ocean Observatory. Externality refers to what lies outside a given perimeter; in modern parlance, it often refers to a disconnected or unconsidered consequence, sometimes positive, sometimes not, of a particular action. For example, a factory […]

http://www.victoria.ac.nz/news/2014/thin-ice-heading-for-united-states-television-screens Thin Ice heading for United States television screens The success of a Victoria University of Wellington fundraising campaign means the screening of Thin Ice—the Inside Story of Climate Science on United States television next year could coincide with a peak in international interest in dealing with the issue of global warming. 2014-November-27 As a […]

An international group dedicated to advancing science for the benefit of all people is honoring Daniel H. Sandweiss, an archaeologist at the University of Maine. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) elected Sandweiss a Fellow for his distinguished contributions to archaeology. Alan Leshner, CEO and executive publisher of Science, says Sandweiss’ notable […]

PBS NewsHour reported on research by University of Maine paleoclimatologist Karl Kreutz in a video titled “Scientists read layers of Alaska’s ice and snow to track climate change.” With support from the National Science Foundation, Kreutz and his team are working to reconstruct the climate history of the area around Alaska’s Denali National Park over […]

The Falklands Islands are a biodiversity hotspot in the South Atlantic, home to some of the most important penguin rookeries in the world. The local economy relies on a delicate balance between eco-tourism, fishing, and sheep grazing that 05 be threatened with climate change, sea level rise, and off-shore oil drilling. The Paleoecology Lab at […]

In the southern Peruvian Andes, an archaeological team led by researchers at the University of Maine has documented the highest altitude ice age human occupation anywhere in the world — nearly 4,500 meters above sea level (masl). Their discoveries date high-altitude human habitation nearly a millennium earlier than previously documented. Despite cold temperatures, high solar […]

Read the story More in REUTERS: Old, cold and bold: Ice Age people dwelled high in Peru’s Andes Wall street Journal: Archaeologists in Peruvian Andes Find Highest Known Ice Age Settlement The Boston Globe: Highest altitude settlements from ice age discovered    

Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, was quoted in an article by The National, Abu Dhabi Media’s first English-language publication, about a climate change conference in the city. The annual conference on Climate Change and the Future of Water is hosted by the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies […]

Science Nation reported on research by University of Maine paleoclimatologist Karl Kreutz in an article and video titled “Alaska mountain glaciers retreating due to climate change.” With support from the National Science Foundation, Kreutz and his team are working to reconstruct the climate history of the area around Alaska’s Denali National Park over the last […]

Editors note: For more information on the CLAS Conference, visit the conference website. Registration is available online. Old-timers sharing childhood stories about growing up in Maine sometimes recount hiking 10 miles uphill in 3 feet of snow to get to school — and home. Turns out those tales, of Maine winters anyway, might not be […]