Climate Change Institute

Paul Andrew Mayewski, Professor & Director of The Climate Change Institute , is passionate about climate change and changes in the chemistry of the atmosphere. An intrepid explorer, he has led expeditions to collect scientific core samples from Antarctica, the Arctic, the Andes, New Zealand, the Himalayas, and the Tibetan Plateau. Paul is Professor and Director […]

Kimberley Rain Miner is a PhD candidate in Paleoclimatology at the Climate Change Institute. Her research examines chemical pollutants in glacier melt. Findings from this project will inform management decisions in areas where meltwaters are used for municipal and recreational purposes. Starting in the 1950s, chemical substances developed for agricultural and industrial purposes were used […]

  By Sarah Kramer The Altai Mounts of western Mongolia 05 be concealing secrets amid the splendor. The breathtaking alpine landscape could hold clues to how abrupt climate change might have impacted our ancestors— and how it 05 impact our descendants. This summer, a team of scientists, students and historians trekked through the hills and […]

  Two different climate scenarios appear plausible for Antarctica in the 21st century, says Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. An examination of climate models as well as records of climate change developed through ice cores reveal a potential for future climate surprises in the Southern Hemisphere, he […]

  4,000-year-old artifacts shed light on early Native Americans   Dr. Brian Robinson photographing an old land surface under the beach at the dig site in Seabrook, where possible evidence of climate change was discovered this summer. Photo by Sky Heller SEABROOK — New archaeological findings on land protected by Seabrook Station nuclear power plant […]

    Climate RideThis map illustrates the inaugural Climate Ride Northeast will be a 320-mile journey from Bar Harbor to Boston. The five-day ride will run 09 . 17-21, and it is expected to raise $400,000 to support organizations throughout the country that are involved in environmental causes and cycling advocacy.   By Aislinn Sarnacki, […]

Ana Cecillia Mauricio   In the lower Chao Valley on the north coast of Peru, University of Maine graduate student Ana Cecilia Mauricio is uncovering history. Mauricio defended her thesis this past 05 and is expected to graduate from the University of Maine with her Ph.D. in geoarcheology in August 2015. Her research focused on […]

Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, was included in WABI-TV5 coverage of the Maine Chapter of the Fulbright Association’s presentations on the Arctic and climate change in Castine (http://wabi.tv/2015/07/10/arctic-climate-change-impacting-maine/). “We are already experiencing great change and that great change affects our health and our wealth,” said Mayewski. His  talk was […]

Abstract: The grounding line of the ice sheet in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, retreated between the Last Glacial Maximum and the present. However, the timing of the retreat and the interplay of factors controlling ice stability in this region1 remain uncertain. Here we use 180 radiocarbon dates to reconstruct the chronology of moraine construction on […]

Paul Mayewski and Dan Dixon are on thin ice. Mayewski, director of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, and Dixon, a research assistant professor with CCI, are featured in the shortened version of the award-winning film “Thin Ice: The Inside Story of Climate Science,” that MPBN will broadcast at 2 p.m. July 12. The […]