Brown Bag Seminar Kristin Schild Melting Icebergs: the other unruly creature in the Arctic November 13, 2019 Wednesday - 12:00 noon 100 Bryand Global Sciences Center
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 […]
Six University of Maine explorers will talk about their experiences participating in the most comprehensive scientific expedition ever conducted on Mount Everest. A free, public panel discussion, “The University of Maine’s Role in the National Geographic and Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Extreme Expedition to Mount Everest,” will be held 1:45–2:45 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, in the […]
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
Master’s Thesis Proposal Presentation Developing a Long-term Perspective on the Sensitivity of Lake Trophic State Changes in Maine Simona Lukasik 10:00 AM-Nov. 25th Sawyer 138
Assessing the factors that alter ecological responses of cold, oligotrophic lakes to nutrient subsidies PhD Dissertation Defense - Benjamin Burpee 3:30 pm, January 14th 138 Sawyer Hall (Conference Room)
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 […]
