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SUMMARY:USDA FIELD STAFF USE OF CLIMATE AND WEATHER RESOURCES:  PERSPECTIVES ON RESPONDING TO CHANGE - Dr. Rachel Schattman
DESCRIPTION:USDA FIELD STAFF USE OF CLIMATE AND WEATHER RESOURCES:  PERSPECTIVES ON RESPONDING TO CHANGE \n  \nDr. Rachel Schattman \nAssistant Professor of Sustainable Agriculture \nUniversity of Maine School of Food and Agriculture \n  \nMonday\, March 2\, 2020\, 12pm \n307 Bryand Global Science Center \n  \nAbstract:  Agricultural service providers often work closely with producers\, and are well positioned to include weather and climate change information in the services they provide. By doing so\, they can help producers reduce risks due to climate variability and change. A national survey of United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (FSA) field staff (n = 4621) was conducted in 2016\, accompanied by a similar survey of field staff from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS\, n = 1893).  The survey was designed to assess FSA and NRCS employees’ use of climate and weather-related data and explore their perspectives on climate change\, attitudes toward adaptation and concerns regarding climate- and weather-driven risks. Findings suggest that there are opportunities to increase employee exposure and proficiency with weather and climate information to meet the needs of American farmers by helping them to reduce risk.
URL:https://climatechange.umaine.edu/event/usda-field-staff-use-of-climate-and-weather-resources-perspectives-on-responding-to-change-dr-rachel-schattman/
LOCATION:Bryand Global Sciences Center – Room 307
CATEGORIES:Research Lecture
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SUMMARY:Exploring New Children and Camelid Sacrificial Sites in Huanchaco Bay: The Peak of the Iceberg? - Gabriel Prieto
DESCRIPTION:Gabriel Prieto \nAnthropology Department\, University of Florida\nExploring New Children and Camelid Sacrificial Sites in Huanchaco Bay: The Peak of the Iceberg? \nTuesday\, March 3\, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.\nFree and open to the public\nIn the Bodwell Area\, Collins Center for the Arts\n\nIn 2019\, archaeologists announced the discovery of a mass sacrifice of children and camelids at Huanchaquito\, on the North Coast of Peru as a response to a mega ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation Event) occurred around 1400-1450 AD. Subsequent excavations revealed three new sites with evidence of human and animal sacrificial practices during the Chimu period (1100-1450 AD) and even during the Inca presence in this region (1450/1470 – 1532 AD). Recent C14 dates confirm that some mass sacrificial events of children and camelids started around 1200 cal AD\, suggesting that this practice is significantly earlier than previously thought. This discovery challenges the crisis-driven response theory for mass sacrifices of children and camelids and opens a new scenario in which the Chimu society used ritual violence as part of their religious and political agenda. Moreover\, current data suggests that potentially the Chimu society may have had a coastal version of Capacocha\, an Inca ceremony in which children and young adolescents were sacrificed on behalf of the Inca emperor under different circumstances.
URL:https://climatechange.umaine.edu/event/anthropology-department-university-of-florida-exploring-new-children-and-camelid-sacrificial-sites-in-huanchaco-bay-the-peak-of-the-iceberg-gabriel-prieto/
LOCATION:Bodwell Area\, Collins Center for the Arts\, University of Maine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Research Lecture
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SUMMARY:Understanding Summer Temperatures in the North Pacific Region - Igna Kindstedt - Brown Bag Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Brown Bag Seminar\n\nUnderstanding Summer Temperatures in the North Pacific Region\nInga Kindstedt\n \nWednesday – 12:00 noon\nMarch 4\, 2020\n  \n100 Bryand Global Sciences Center\n 
URL:https://climatechange.umaine.edu/event/understanding-summer-temperatures-in-the-north-pacific-region-igna-kindstedt-brown-bag-seminar/
LOCATION:100 Bryand Global Sciences Center\, University of Maine
CATEGORIES:Brown Bag Semniar
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SUMMARY:The National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Extreme Mt. Everest Expedition - Dr. Paul A. Mayewski
DESCRIPTION:World-renowned climate scientist\, explorer Mayewski to talk about Everest expedition March 6  \n  \nWorld-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. \n  \nThe goal of the two-month multinational\, multidisciplinary National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Extreme Mt. Everest Expedition was to document people’s impacts on one of the planet’s most severe environments. \n  \nMayewski\, director of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute\, was the expedition leader and lead scientist for the international project that involved 55 science partners\, National Geographic staff\, journalists\, Sherpas and porters. \n  \nFrom Base Camp at an altitude of 17\,514 feet\, he directed the biological\, geological\, glaciological\, meteorological\, mapping and multimedia enterprise which took place all over the mountain\, both at lower elevations and nearly to the 29\,029-foot summit. \n  \nWater flowing from Himalayan glaciers is a resource for energy\, food and consumption for about 20% of the world’s population. One billion people living in the watershed will be stressed due to the shrinking of the glaciers\, Mayewski says. Initially from flooding and landslides\, and later due to drought. \n  \nThis marked Mayewski’s fourth scientific expedition on Everest\, which Tibetans call Chomolungma and Nepalis call Sagarmatha for “mother of the sky.” Mayewski has led nearly 60 research expeditions around the globe\, many in Antarctica\, where he was the first person to explore large tracts of the continent. “Mayewski Peak\,” a summit in Antarctica’s Saint Johns Range\, is named in his honor. \n  \nA video\, a summit suit\, a drill used to secure the highest ice core in the world\, and other items from the expedition will be displayed. For additional information\, read the National Geographic and UMaine Today stories. \n  \nAbout the Hutchinson Center: \nThe Hutchinson Center is an outreach center for the University of Maine in Orono\, that serves as an educational and cultural center for the midcoast area. It is named for University of Maine President Emeritus Frederick E. Hutchinson. The mission of the Hutchinson Center is to broaden access to University of Maine academic and non-degree programs and services\, lifelong learning opportunities\, and professional and career development experiences using innovative approaches that increase synergy among University of Maine System entities\, University of Maine departments and divisions\, and that engage a wider Maine community. This is accomplished by providing (1) University of Maine System degree and non-degree programming in a variety of live\, online\, distance\, and hybrid formats\, including professional and career development opportunities\, and academic counseling and support services for students\, especially for non-traditional students\, (2) conference and meeting facilities and services\, and (3) by partnering with the local community to promote education\, lifelong learning\, cultural\, and economic development opportunities that serve local communities and the University of Maine. \n  \nAbout the University of Maine:  \nThe University of Maine\, founded in Orono in 1865\, is the state’s land grant and sea grant university. As Maine’s flagship public university\, UMaine has a statewide mission of teaching\, research and economic development\, and community institutions in the Northeast and attracts students from Maine and 49 other states\, and 67 countries. It currently enrolls 11\,240 total undergraduate and graduate students who can directly participate in groundbreaking research working with world- class scholars. The University of Maine offers 35 doctoral programs and master’s degrees in 85 fields; more than 90 undergraduate majors and academic programs; and one of the oldest and most prestigious honors programs in the U.S. The university promotes environmental stewardship\, with substantial efforts campuswide aimed at conserving energy\, recycling and adhering to green building standards in new construction. For more information about UMaine\, visit umaine.edu.
URL:https://climatechange.umaine.edu/event/the-national-geographic-and-rolex-perpetual-planet-extreme-mt-everest-expedition-dr-paul-a-mayewski/
LOCATION:Hutchinson Center\, 80 Belmont Ave.\, Belfast\, Maine
CATEGORIES:Research Lecture
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