“Hidden Energy: Agriculture's Long-Term Sustainability" Professor Geoff Cunfer, University of Saskatchewan Monday, Oct. 21 3:00 – 4:30 pm Hill Auditorium, Barrows Hall For most of human history, farmers were society’s crucial energy suppliers. Agriculture set the limits of economic productivity. This pubic lecture explains how methods from sustainability science can reveal how farmers historically managed […]

Holocene climate change in southern Greenland from chironomid assemblages and oxygen isotopes in lake sediments Dr. Melissa Chipman, Syracuse University Thursday, October 24, 1 pm ~ Bryand 307 The Arctic is the most rapidly warming place on earth, and paleorecords offer insight into how this vast region responded to a complex suite of past changes. […]

A tale of ice and fire – using lake sediments to understand fire regimes and permafrost thaw in the Arctic Dr. Melissa Chipman  - Syracuse University Friday, October 24, 3:10 pm ~ Murray 102 Amplified warming has facilitated dramatic examples of disturbance in the Arctic. Both tundra and boreal areas have experienced unprecedented wildfire activity […]

CLIMATE CHANGE INSTITUTE LECTURE SERIES MODELING MOUNTAIN GLACIERS TO INFER PAST CLIMATE CHANGES Alice Doughty Visiting Assistant Professor in Geology Bates College   Wednesday, November 13, 2019, 1 PM 307 Bryand Global Science Center Abstract:  Glaciers advance in response to cooling temperatures and retreat in response to warming temperatures.  In addition to this general relationship, […]

Jennifer Frist, MSW, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Social Work University of Southern Maine   Thursday, November 14, 2019, 11am 138 Sawyer Conference Room Abstract:  Climate change and disaster events are growing reality in communities across the globe. Climate-change induced disaster events can cause significant psychological harm and result in a range of mental health […]

Disaster, Climate, and Sustainable Development - An Interdisciplinary Approach Masa Haraguchi, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University   Friday, November 15, 2019 - 3:00 PM 309 Boardman Hall

Dr. Jack Williams, UW Madison Thursday, January 30, 2020 4 pm, Nutting 100   The last deglaciation in eastern North America offers a classic system for studying climate-driven forest range dynamics during large and abrupt climate changes, but paleoclimate and paleofire records are surprisingly scarce. In this talk, I will first present new reconstructions of […]

CONSERVATION PALEOBIOLOGY ON ACADIA’S MOUNTAINS Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie Second Century Stewardship Fellow University of Maine Monday, February 3, 2020, 12pm 138 Sawyer Conference Room Abstract:  Conservation practitioners depend on accurate assessments of climate change vulnerability in allocating limited resources to protect and steward natural resources. The subalpine plants on Acadia National Park’s open granite ridges have […]

USDA FIELD STAFF USE OF CLIMATE AND WEATHER RESOURCES:  PERSPECTIVES ON RESPONDING TO CHANGE   Dr. Rachel Schattman Assistant Professor of Sustainable Agriculture University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture   Monday, March 2, 2020, 12pm 307 Bryand Global Science Center   Abstract:  Agricultural service providers often work closely with producers, and are well […]