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 […]
Gabriel Prieto Anthropology Department, University of Florida Exploring New Children and Camelid Sacrificial Sites in Huanchaco Bay: The Peak of the Iceberg? Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. Free and open to the public In the Bodwell Area, Collins Center for the Arts In 2019, archaeologists announced the discovery of a mass sacrifice of […]
World-renowned climate scientist, explorer Mayewski to talk about Everest expedition March 6 World-renowned climate scientist and explorer Paul Mayewski will give a free, public talk titled “The National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Extreme Mt. Everest Expedition,” 5:30–6:30 p.m. Friday, March 6, in the auditorium at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast. The goal […]
Dr. Gabe Hrynick Associate Professor of Anthropology University of New Brunswick, Fredericton Monday, September 21, 2020, 12noon ZOOM - Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://maine.zoom.us/j/94915919868?pwd=VWhrQzVZQmkvV3E0bTJOczl0UnB6QT09 Password: 558487 Abstract: The Far Northeast of North America experienced some of the earliest contact by Europeans of anywhere in the Americas, making this period crucial […]
Dr. Seth Campbell "The History and Future of Ice in Alaska" Wednesday - 12:00 pm EST September 23rd, 2020 Zoom Link: https://maine.zoom.us/j/91531536473
CONSTRAINING INTERGLACIAL ICE SHEET ELEVATIONS IN INTERIOR WEST ANTARCTICA Dr. Robert Ackert Research Scientist Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences Harvard University Monday, November 9, 2020, 12 PM Zoom Link https://maine.zoom.us/j/85221937569?pwd=eXRVOHBoc3BUQ2UxM1lVd1FyeUVFUT09 Abstract: Determining the Antarctic ice response to global warming has been a focus of Antarctic research for decades due to its potential contribution […]
