Expedition Location: McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica Expedition Dates: Dec. 2025 – Jan. 2026 Field Team Members: Ryan Cassotto, UMaine; Allie Berry, UMaine PhD Graduate Student; Ali Banwell, U Colorado; Michela Savignano, U Colorado PhD Graduate Student Funding Support: National Science Foundation In December 2025, we started fieldwork on an NSF-funded project to study the Ice […]
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After leading the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute for 24 years, climate scientist Paul Mayewski stepped down from his role this past September. His transition comes amidst a shift in support for climate research. Mayewski joins us to talk about his career and research as a leading glaciologist, his outlook on the future of […]
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https://dungeonsofscience.substack.com/p/dr-paul-a-mayewski-on-glaciology?r=2zn13y
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https://www.newscentermaine.com/video/news/local/207/207-december-11-2025/97-d8ca6a14-c34e-4902-ac8b-40e2b3212424
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Jacquelyn Gill is a co-author on Spanbauer et al, Advancing Ecology and Evolution through Continental Scientific Drilling. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169-5347(25)00321-0
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Deirde McGrath received a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship last spring.
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Andrei Kurbatov participated in the proposal submittedto the PAGES (Past Global Changes) Executive Committee to establish thenew working group PaleoIMAGING. It has been formally approved by the PAGES. In their acceptance letter, the PAGES leadership highlighted the strategic importance of the working group’s objectives, particularly the development of open-access data curation and sharing protocols and […]
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Kimberley Miner was interviewed by The Weather Channel about Arctic change and also spoke with the NPS/NASA group about climate change.
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The Climate Change Institute participated in the proposal submitted to the PAGES (Past Global Changes) Executive Committee to establish the new working group PaleoIMAGING. It has been formally approved by the PAGES. In their acceptance letter, the PAGES leadership highlighted the strategic importance of the working group’s objectives, particularly the development of open-access data curation […]
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Science News featured Daniel Sandweiss, professor of anthropology and climate studies at the University of Maine, commenting on new research into Peru’s Monte Sierpe, or “Serpent Mountain.” Sandweiss said the study “makes a strong case” that Inca rulers repurposed the massive earthwork, known for its thousands of carved holes, as a system for receiving and […]
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