Climate Change Institute

Two circular bands of winds called the westerlies are being changed by human-caused global warming. The consequences from these changes could become quite large and come on suddenly – quite the surprise for anyone who still thinks climate change is a future “slow” problem. In the words of Paul Mayewski, director of the University of […]

The lecture by Gregory Cushman on “Megaeruption of the Unknown Volcano of 1808-1809” originally scheduled for next Monday at 4 pm has been postponed due to speaker’s illness.   Through his research, Cushman has identified a volcanic eruption that resulted in climatic implications worldwide in the early 1800s. Although this event was documented in historical […]

Paul Mayewski, a professor and director of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, and George Jacobson, state climatologist and professor emeritus of biology, ecology and climate change at UMaine, were quoted in a Morning Sentinel article about a climate change forum held at Kennebec Valley Community College. The pair spoke about the importance of […]

A team of University of Maine researchers studying diatom algae populations and their effects on climate change in Greenland was featured in a report by The National Science Foundation’s Science Nation. The researchers gathered samples of diatoms — a type of algae that respond rapidly to environmental change — to study how climate change is […]

University of Maine faculty will present at the annual meeting of the Eastern States Archaeological Federation (ESAF)/Maine Archaeological Society 10 . 31-Nov. 3 in South Portland. Approximately 400 archaeologists, scholars and historians from every state on the Eastern Seaboard are expected to attend. Raymond Pelletier, associate director of the Canadian-American Center at UMaine, will serve […]

An effort by the state to save a Popham Beach bathhouse with a temporary seawall of fallen trees and beach scraping is an example of an appropriate engineering endeavor to save beach-front property without harming the landscape, according to research by a University of Maine professor. Joseph Kelley, professor of marine geology in the University […]

The University of Maine Hudson Museum presents: Kon Tiki   A new Norwegian film, is based on the 1947 expedition of Thor Heyerdahl.  Heyerdahl’s epic 4,300 miles, 101 day voyage across the Pacific Ocean from South America to Polynesia on a balsa wood raft captured the popular imagination of the period.  Kon Tiki (2012) is […]

The 22nd Harold W. Borns, Jr. Symposium will take place on April 17-18, 2014 in Stodder Hall on the University of Maine campus. Additional program details will be posted as they become available.

INT-500   Introduction to Abrupt Climate Change   Session 2:   10 ober 9, 2013    5-8 pm      Stodder Hall    Room 27    (Program Flyer) Abrupt Climate Change and Aquatic Systems From kettle-lakes to the Southern Ocean, ACC can have dramatic impacts on aquatic ecosystems. Humans rely on many of these systems for water and other resources. […]

A new ice core was drilled ~73 m to bedrock at the Colle Gnifetti (CG) glacier saddle of the Monte Rosa Massif (4450 m.a.s.l.) on the Swiss-Italian border led by researchers from the Institut für Umweltphysik, University of Heidelberg (Germany) and the Physics Institute, University of Bern (Switzerland). Evaluation of this unique archive will also […]