Climate Change Institute

Defense Announcement: Elizabeth L. Leclerc - Quaternary and Climate Studies
2022-04-18 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | 100 Bryand Global Sciences Center, University of Maine
Defense Announcement
Elizabeth L. Leclerc
Quaternary and Climate Studies
Giving Form to Flow:
Modelling the Paleohydrological Context for Human
Settlement and Water Use in the North-Central Coast of Peru
Monday, April 18, 2022
1:00 p.m. EDT • Bryand Global Sciences Center Room 100

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Within coastal Andean archaeology there is a growing emphasis on the
role of hydrology and hydrological knowledge in water management
and land use strategies. Hydrological methods not only help reconstruct
past water environments but also illuminate the influence of changing
climates and conditions in the Andean highlands on coastal water flows.
Through a case study of the Supe River basin in north-central coastal
Peru, I developed a paleohydrological model that provides a basis for
comparing the hydrological effects of changing climates and other
environmental factors to settlement patterns and land use patterns.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Heather Clifford
2022-04-22 12:00 - 13:00
Assessing past and present changes in the chemical climate of three high mountain regions: Himalayas, Central Andes, European Alps
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
Heather Clifford
School of Earth and Climate Sciences & Climate Change Institute University of Maine

Friday, April 22, 2022 at 12:00pm
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Via phone: +1 312 626 6799
Meeting ID: 897 0262 0052

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Mariusz Potocki
2022-05-27 13:00 - 14:00
Glaciochemical Investigations in three Southern Hemisphere Mountain Sites
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
Mariusz Potocki
School of Earth and Climate Sciences & Climate Change Institute, University of Maine

Friday, May 27, 2022 at 1:00pm
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Meeting ID: 815 6855 5489

Defense Announcement - Frankie St. Amand
2022-07-29 10:00
Defense Announcement for
Frankie St. Amand

Archaeological Bivalves as El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
Proxies

In partial fulfillment of the degree requirements for the degree of Ph.D.
in Interdisciplinary Studies

Friday, July 29, 2022
10a.m.
Virtual: Zoom
Join us:
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Advisory Committee:
Dr. Daniel Sandweiss, Co-chair
Dr. Alice Kelley, Co-chair
Dr. Kirk Maasch
Dr. Karl Kreutz
Dr. Alan Wanamaker

Dissertation Seminar Announcement - Aaron Chesler
2022-09-19 13:00 - 14:00 | 100 Bryand Global Sciences Center, University of Maine
Holocene and Last Glacial Period atmospheric dynamics and biogeochemistry based on South Pole ice core microparticle and trace element records

Dissertation Seminar Announcement
Aaron Chesler
In partial fulfillment of the degree requirements for the degree of Ph.D.
in Earth and Climate Sciences

Monday, September 19th, 2022
1:00 pm
Rm 100 and Virtual (Zoom)

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M.S. Thesis Defense - Jonathan Maurer
2022-10-24 12:30 - 15:30
Regional Scale Generalizations of Firn Thickness and Snow Accumulation in Southeast Alaska:
An Applied Deep Learning Framework

M.S. Thesis Defense
Jonathan Maurer
School of Earth and Climate Sciences & Climate Change Institute University of Maine

Monday, October 24th 2022 12:30-3:30 PM
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PhD Dissertation Proposal Defense - Maraina Miles
2022-11-09 14:00
A glacial-geologic approach to understanding past climate change and ice-sheet stability
Maraina Miles
PhD Dissertation Proposal Defense
School of Earth and Climate Sciences and The Climate Change Institute

Wednesday, November 9th at 2:00pm (EST)
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PhD Defense Announcement - Peter Strand
2022-11-16 14:00 - 15:30
Defense Announcement:
Peter Strand
University of Maine
In partial fulfillment of the degree requirements for the degree of Ph.D.
in Earth & Climate Sciences
A bi-hemispheric perspective on the Last Glacial Maximum and Termination using 10Be surface-exposure chronologies
from the Altai Mountains of western Mongolia, the Southern Alps of New Zealand, and the Haizi Shan of western China

Wednesday, November 16th, 2022
2:00 pm
Bryand Global Sciences Center, room 100 Or join via Zoom
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Thesis Defense - Andrea J. Tirrell
2022-11-29 12:30 - 13:30
A sky island perspective: New England alpine plant distributions across the region
Andrea J. Tirrell
Thesis Defense
Tuesday, November 29th @ 12:30pm
in 107 Norman Smith
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Heather A. Landázuri - MS Thesis Defense
2022-12-05 12:00 - 13:00
SEABIRDS AS PROXIES FOR PAST EL NIÑO EVENTS IN COASTAL PERU: AN ARCHAEO-ORNITHOLOGICAL APPROACH
Heather A. Landázuri
MS Thesis Defense

Monday, December 5th at 12:00pm (EST)
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Ph.D. dissertation proposal defense - Meghan Spoth
2023-02-21 14:00 - 16:00
A Multi-proxy Approach to Reconstructing Mid-Latitude Westerly Wind Belts since the Last Ice Age
Ph.D. Dissertation Proposal Defense
Meghan Spoth
Tuesday February 21, 2023 at 2 pm on Zoom
Meeting ID: 844 6934 0623

Ph.D. Proposal Defense - Madi Landrum
2023-04-05 11:00 - 12:30
Braiding Indigenous fire knowledges into forest management practices to increase forest health under global change

Madi Landrum
Ph.D. Proposal Defense

Wednesday, April 5th @ 11a.m.
In 107 Norman Smith
(or via Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/s/81607178367)

Master’s Thesis Proposal - Ansley Grider
2023-04-28 09:00 - 10:30 | Bryand Global Sciences Center – Room 307
Ansley Grider
Master’s Thesis Proposal
Assessing temporal patterns and
ecosystem consequences of biogeochemical
change in glacially fed lakes

April 28th, 2023 @ 9 am
Bryand Global Science Center Room 307

Proposal Defense Announcement - Grayson P. Huston
2023-05-01 11:00 - 12:30 | Mitchell Center, Rm 107, University of Maine
Proposal Defense Announcement for
Grayson P. Huston
In partial fulfillment of the degree requirements for the degree of Ph.D. in Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Development and application of fish
sedimentary DNA for ecosystem restoration

Monday, May 1, 2023
11:00 a.m.
Mitchell Center;
Norman Smith Hall, Rm. 107
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PhD Dissertation Proposal Seminar - Amanda Gavin
2023-05-02 13:00 - 14:30 | Mitchell Center, Rm 107, University of Maine
PhD Dissertation Proposal Seminar
Amanda Gavin
Amanda Gavin, SAUNNA NRT Trainee, Climate Change Institute

Integrating Contemporary and Paleolimnological Research with Indigenous and Community Perspectives to Understand Sentinel Responses of Maine and sub-Arctic Lakes to Global Environmental Change

May 2, 2023 @ 1 pmMitchell Center, Norman Smith HallRoom 107

Ph.D. Dissertation Proposal Seminar - Avery Lamb
2023-05-30 09:00 - 10:00 | Mitchell Center, Rm 107, University of Maine
Ph.D. Dissertation Proposal Seminar – Avery Lamb
Evaluating the links among trophic status, climate change, and cyanoHABs in Maine lakes using paleolimnological approaches

Tuesday, May 30, 2023
9:00 a.m.
Mitchell Center,
Norman Smith Hall Room 107
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M.S Thesis Defense - Lauren Woods
2023-06-28 08:00 - 17:00
Defense Announcement:

Lauren M. Woods
University of Maine
School of Earth and Climate Sciences, Climate Change Institute

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Earth and Climate Sciences

M.S Thesis Defense

10Be chronology of moraines at Soda Lake, Wind River Range, Wyoming, U.S.A.

Friday, July 7th, 2023
1:00 pm
Bryand Global Sciences Center, Room 100
Zoom Meeting ID: 819 7289 2945
https://maine.zoom.us/j/81972892945

Inga Kindstedt - Dissertation Proposal Defense
2023-09-01 11:00 - 12:00
Characterizing glacier accumulation zone
near-surface processes in the St. Elias
Mountains (Yukon, Canada)
Inga Kindstedt
Dissertation Proposal Defense

Friday, September 1, 2023 at 11AM EDT
On zoom
https://maine.zoom.us/j/84970303520?pwd=[REDACTED]

CCI DEI Committee Meeting
2023-10-30 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-11-13 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-11-27 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-12-04 12:00 - 13:00

I-PhD Dissertation Defense - Doug Hasson
2023-11-27 10:00 - 11:00
I-PhD Dissertation Defense – Doug Hasson
Title: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEW – HOW RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE IS IMPACTING HUMAN HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, AND VOTER BEHAVIOR
Time: Nov 27, 2023 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Defense Announcement - Mikaila Mannello
2023-11-28 09:00 - 10:00 | Bryand Global Science Center – Rm 300
Defense Announcement
Mikaila Mannello
In partial fulfillment of the degree requirements for the degree of
M.S. in Quaternary and Climate Studies
Spatial and Temporal Variability in Snow Properties and Firn Volume Across the Juneau Icefield in Southeast Alaska

Tuesday, November 28 at 9 am
Bryand Global Science Center Room 300
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Defense Announcement - Sydney Baratta
2023-11-29 13:00 - 14:00 | 100 Bryand Global Sciences Center, University of Maine
Defense Announcement
Sydney Baratta
In partial fulfillment of the degree requirements for the degree of M.S.
In Earth and Climate Sciences
Quantifying Tidewater Glacier-Fjord Environments in the
Rapidly Changing Regions of West and South Greenland

Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 at 1:00 pm
Bryand Global Science Center, room 100
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CLIMATE ON TAP - ICE AGE CSI - How Mammonth Dung, Permafrost Mummies, and Tiny Fossils are Solving an Ancient Murder Mystery - Jacquelyn Gill
2023-12-13 17:30 - 18:30 | Nocturnem Draft House, 56 Main Street, Bangor, Maine

Climate on Tap - The UN Climate Negotiations - C. Isenhour & N. Micinski
2024-01-31 17:30 - 18:30 | Nocturnem Draft House, 56 Main Street, Bangor, Maine
The 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change took place last month in Dubai. The meetings were of significant interest because they were – controversially – led by an Emerati with significant ties to the oil industry. Despite this controversy, COP28 marked the completion of the first Global Stocktake, a 5-year process designed to evaluate collective progress toward the goals of the Paris Agreement. Dr. Isenhour and Dr. Micinski will share key insights from the meetings – including some exciting headline and headwinds, as well as quite a few headscratchers.

Jan. 31, 2024. (5:30 – 6:30 PM)
Nocturnem Draft House
56 Main Street, Bangor, Maine

Climate on Tap: A Frozen Penobscot Bay and Other Musing from Maine's Climate Archives - S. Birkel & K. Maasch
2024-02-28 17:30 - 18:30 | Nocturnem Draft House, 56 Main Street, Bangor, Maine
Join Sean Birkel and Kirk Maasch as they open the vault on Maine’s historical climate archives!

Many people are familiar with the fabled “Year Without a Summer” of 1816, when several unusually intense cold waves brought killing frost, and even snowfall, to Maine during the summer months. But fewer people know that during some of the coldest winters of the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries the Penobscot Bay froze, permitting foot- and even vehicle -traffic on ice between the mainland and islands. Some winters were so intense that “ice embargoes” brought ship travel to a halt along the East Coast in Long Island Sound and Chesapeake Bay – a stark contrast with today’s climate.

February 28th, 2024
Nocturnem Draft Haus, 56 Main Street, Bangor, ME
5:30 – 6:30 PM

Thesis Proposal - Global Spatiotemporal Patterns of Pleistocene Large Mammal Extinction: Integrating the Evidence and Resolving the Contradictions - Nikhil Brocchini
2024-03-21 15:00 - 16:30 | Bryand Global Science Center – Rm 300
Thesis Proposal

Global Spatiotemporal Patterns of
Pleistocene Large Mammal Extinction:
Integrating the Evidence and Resolving
the Contradictions
Nikhil Brocchini
M.S. Student in Quaternary and Climate Studies
Climate Change Institute
University of Maine

Thursday, March 21st, 2024, 3pm

Bryand Global Sciences Building, Room 300
Email nikhil.brocchini@maine.edu for Zoom information

CLIMATE ON TAP - JOURNEY INTO CLIMATE - P. MAYEWSKI
2024-03-27 17:30 - 18:30 | Nocturnem Draft House, 56 Main Street, Bangor, Maine
Join Paul Andrew Mayewski as he recounts five decades of global exploration, discovery, and climate change research in some of Earth’s most remote locations.
Journey into Climate is told through the personal experiences of the internationally acclaimed glaciologist, climatologist, and polar explorer Paul Andrew Mayewski. He and his teams have traveled throughout Antarctica, the Himalayas, Greenland, the South American Andes, and the Southern Ocean to understand how and why climate changes. By living and working in some of the most remote places on Earth, their journey documents the critical role played by past climate changes on the course of civilization. Mayewski has many media appearances, including multiple “CBS 60 Minutes” episodes and the Emmy Award winning “Years of Living Dangerously.”
March 27TH – 5:30 – 6:30 PN
Nocturnem Draft Haus, 56 Main Street, Bangor, Maine
