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2011 PROSE Award – The Fate of Greenland: Lessons from Abrupt Climate Change – Denton

The Fate of Greenland: Lessons from Abrupt Climate Change (Denton et al.) has won the 2011 American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Award) in the Earth Sciences category (http://www.proseawards.com/current-winners.html). The PROSE Awards are presented by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and annually recognize […]

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Website Picks up UMaine Climate Change Blog

The website Adventures in Climate Change is running all of the blog entries about a team of scientists from the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute who are on an expedition in the Tupungatito Glacier, located in a volcanic crater at an elevation of 19,000 feet in the Andes Mountains in Chile. Paul Mayewski, director […]

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Website Notes Researcher’s Work on Study of Ancient DNA

Kristin Sobolik of UMaine’s Department of Anthropology and Climate Change Institute was noted in a story on the website io9.com for her work in paleofecal research. The story said there was a big breakthrough in human DNA extraction when Sobolik suggested samples found in Hinds Cave in Texas be tested.

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CCI Calendar of Events – Fall Semester 2012

September 12, 2012 – 1:00 – 2:00 PM; Hill Auditorium, Barrows Hall, Room 165 Jeffrey Thaler, ESQ, Visiting Professor of Energy Policy, Law & Ethics, University of Maine & Maine Law School As the World Burns:  From Climate Science to Renewable Energy Policy and Justice Jeff Thaler is the University of Maine’s first Visiting Professor […]

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Saros involved in groundbreaking nitrogen research

University of Maine ecologist Jasmine Saros provided research for a groundbreaking finding about the long-term effects of pollution published in the Dec. 16 issue of the journal Science. The research team, led by Gordon Holtgrieve, a University of Washington postdoctoral researcher, found that nitrogen derived from human activities has polluted lakes throughout the Northern Hemisphere […]

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Saros Involved in Groundbreaking Research on Impact of Pollution

University of Maine ecologist Jasmine Saros provided research for a groundbreaking finding about the long-term effects of pollution published in the Dec. 16 issue of the journal Science. The research team, led by Gordon Holtgrieve, a University of Washington postdoctoral researcher, found that nitrogen derived from human activities has polluted lakes throughout the Northern Hemisphere […]

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Climate Scientist Interviewed About Warm Weather

Wednesday’s unseasonably warm temperature prompted a report in the Lewiston Sun Journal that included an interview with Sean Birkel, a post-doctoral research associate at UMaine’s Climate Change Institute. Birkel said one spell of above- or below-normal weather is not necessarily a symptom of climate change, but historical temperatures show Maine is warming, especially the winters.

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Climate Change Institute Introduces Ice Core Perspectives Website

CCI’s Ice Core Perspectives website provides an introductory guide for understanding the importance of ice cores in climate research.   The website reveals how ice cores have provided a unique historical perspective on the Earth’s climate including the assessment of human influences on the modern environment. Link to Ice Core Perspectives Website

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