Ashley Brown Dec. 2, 2023 The irony of flying across the globe to only watch the opening statements on a laptop is not lost on me. Instead of what I’d hoped for, most of my day was spent lying down in the dark, hoping to relieve some pressure from my head (to little avail). An […]
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Charity Zimmerman Graduate Student School of Policy and International Affairs and School of Economics, NSF One Health and the Environment Research Trainee As I start to write this, I’m sitting on a bus on my way to Boston Logan airport, where I will board my flight to Dubai to attend COP28. As a first-time observer, […]
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By Cindy Isenhour Welcome to the University of Maine COP28 Blog! Please follow along for first-hand and real-time insights into the climate negotiations taking place in Dubai, November 30th – December 12th, 2023. Over the next two weeks, members of our delegation will be following key negotiation streams including discussions linked to fossil fuel “phase […]
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Jacquelyn Gill, an associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology at the University of Maine, spoke to the Times of India about plant adaptations to climate change.
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Expedition Location: Sisimiut – Sarfannguit – Kangerlussuaq – Nuuk, West Greenland Expedition Dates: November 1 – 10, 2023 Field Team Members: Clay Prater (University of Arkansas), Vendy Hazukova (CCI, UMaine), Federica Scarpa (Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network), and Thomas Ingeman-Nielsen (Danish Technical University) Funding Support: International Arctic Science Committee Background and Significance: Development in the Arctic […]
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The Washington Post interviewed Jacquelyn Gill, an associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology at the University of Maine, about discussing climate change as an emergency. When it comes to terms like “climate emergency,” Gill said, “it’s a little bit of strategy and a lot of honesty.” Gill also said in regards to global warming, […]
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Expedition Location: Inyo National Forest, California Expedition Dates: September 25-29, 2023 Field Team Members: Meghan Spoth (PhD Student, UMaine), Maraina Miles (PhD Student, UMaine) Funding Support: Dan & Betty Churchill Exploration Fund Research Background: What drives droughts in the American West? The position of the westerly winds may influence precipitation amount and pattern in the […]
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Darren Ranco, a professor of anthropology and the chair of Native American Programs at the University of Maine, and Natalie Michelle, a UMaine postdoc and research fellow with the University of Massachusetts Amherst, spoke with Science magazine for a story about the Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science (CBIKS). The center, based at the […]
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Expedition Location: Vestland, Norway Expedition Dates: August 29th 2023 – September 29th 2023 Field Team Members: Ansley Grider (MS Student, UMaine) Field Trip Leader, Jasmine Saros (Professor, UMaine) Funding Support: Dan & Betty Churchill Exploration Fund Background & Significance: Glaciers are located at an interface between the atmospheric and terrestrial environments, making them potential hot […]
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Expedition Location: Lysefjord, southwestern Norway Expedition Dates: August 2023 Field Team Members: Tricia Hall Collins (PhD Student, UMaine) Field Trip Leader, Katie Westbrook (MS Student, UMaine), and Dr. Aaron Putnam (UMaine). Funding Support: The Robert and Judith Sturgis Family Foundation Background & Study Area: I completed fieldwork in Lysefjord (figure 1) in southwestern Norway […]
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