Climate Change Institute

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 […]

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 […]