Climate Change Institute

Hanna Brooks - PhD Defense Announcement
2025-10-01 09:00 - 10:30 (America/New_York) | Bryand Global Science Center – Rm 300
A 1200-year history of
heavy metal deposition
in sub-Arctic Alaska
Hanna Brooks
PhD Defense
10.1.2025 @ 9am
Bryand Hall Rm 300
Zoom Link: https://maine.zoom.us/j/4607165338?omn=88514946820
Password: [REDACTED]

CCI 2025 Ice Age Breaker - Monday, October 20 (12:00 - 2:00 PM)
2025-10-20 12:00 - 14:00 | Bryand Global Science Center – Rm 300
The ICE AGE BREAKER event will be held Monday, OCTOBER 20th from 12-2 PM in room 300 Bryand Global.
Pizza will be provided for this event, so please click on the link below and register for this event.
https://forms.gle/CSLG8AQzYLkAbk7j7
Registration for this event is required by Thursday, October 16, 2025.

The purpose of this event is to introduce faculty and resources available at CCI to students. All Climate Change Institute Faculty and Staff are encouraged to attend. Graduate Students affiliated with CCI are expected to attend unless they have class or a formal job at this time.
At this “Ice-Age Breaker Event”, faculty, staff, and post doc’s would be asked to speak for about 90 seconds, and may show one slide about their main research interest–flash presentations.
After the flash presentations, we will serve pizza in room 307 Bryand Global.

Halcyon String Quartet: Tipping Points. Multi-Media Experience on Climate Change - Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 - Pre-concert talk 6 p.m. | Concert 7 p.m
2025-10-23 18:00 - 20:00 | Minsky Concert Hall
Halcyon String Quartet : Tipping Points
Multi-Media Experience on Climate Change
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025
Pre-concert talk 6 p.m. | Concert 7 p.m
MUSIC IN MINSKY CONCERT
Co-presented with the UMaine Climate Change Institute, Halcyon
shares Tipping Points—a 60-minute multimedia experience
blending music, live action, and animation. The performance
explores how media, economics, and sustainability messaging
influence our daily lives, featuring works by Christine Delphine
Hedden, Kenji Bunch, J.S. Bach, and the Danish String Quartet.
Join us for a reception and pre-concert talk by Professor Emeritus George Jacobson.

Dissertation Proposal - Thomas Grindle
2025-10-27 08:30 - 09:30 | Bryand Global Sciences Center – Room 307
Dissertation Proposal – Thomas Grindle
Climate Forcing of Arctic Lake
Ecosystem Responses in Greenland
Over Multiple Temporal Scales

Oct. 27th at 8:30 AM
Bryand 307
Zoom available by request:
thomas.grindle@maine.edu

Climate Change Institute Affiliation Talk - Dawn M. Emerson
2025-11-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Bryand Global Science Center – Rm 300
SURVIVING THE SUN: HUMAN HEALTH RISKS AND INTERVENTIONS DURING HEAT STRESS

Dawn M. Emerson
Assistant Professor
School of Kinesiology, Physical Education, and Athletic Training
College of Education and Human Development
University of Maine

Monday, November 3, 2025, 12PM
300 Bryand Global Science Center
Zoom link: https://maine.zoom.us/j/83936085526?pwd=[REDACTED]

Abstract: Global warming is increasing the incidence of heat waves and cases of heat illness across the world, which cause financial, structural, and personnel strain among communities and emergency response systems. Heat illnesses can affect individuals across the lifespan and in any setting, and victims may experience absence from work or family obligations, long-term health consequences, or even death. Therefore, steps must be taken to mitigate risk, and to prepare for critical events by developing policies and educational opportunities targeted toward the public, communities, and other stakeholders. This presentation will review Dr. Emerson’s work on heat illnesses, including factors that increase an individual’s risk for developing a heat illness; provide a brief overview of the impacts of heat exposure on human health (e.g., cardiovascular disease, mental health) and communities (e.g., emergency response); and explore potential areas of collaboration with the Climate Change Institute to advance our understanding of the impact of global warming on humans, particularly in Maine.

Inga Kindstedt | PhD Defense
2025-11-06 13:00 - 14:00 | Bryand Global Science Center – Rm 300
Mountain water cycle processes in the
St. Elias Range (Yukon, Canada)
Inga Kindstedt | PhD Defense
Thursday 11.6.25 @ 1pm EDT
Bryand Hall room 300
Zoom:
https://maine.zoom.us/j/87519831409?pwd=[REDACTED]

Art, Research and the Soundscape
2025-11-13 16:00 - 17:00 | Bryand Global Science Center – Rm 300
Art, Research and the Soundscape
a presentation by: the Island Soundscape Project
A presentation about artistic research and acoustic ecology, and how one can learn about the world by listening to it.
Thursday, November 13, 2025 – 4:00 PM
300 Bryand Global Science Center

MS Thesis Defense - Tahi Wiggins
2025-11-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Bryand Global Science Center – Rm 300
Tracing meltwater through snow and ice: multi-scale observations and methods at Echo Glacier, Lingít Aaní
MS Thesis Defense by Tahi Wiggins
Advised by Seth Campbell and Kristin Schild
Friday, November 21st, 2025 at 12pm EST / 8am AKST
Bryand Global Sciences Center 300,
or via Zoom.
Zoom link: https://maine.zoom.us/j/88407878291?pwd=[REDACTED]
(password: [REDACTED]
