Agents of Change
UMaine anthropologist studies the roles humans and climate play in transforming Peru’s coast. To access the complete UMaine Today Magazine article, please visit the following website: UMaine Today website
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17th Annual Harold W. Borns, Jr. Symposium
The 2009 Harold W. Borns Symposium will be held at Hill Auditorium, Barrows Hall, University of Maine on 05 7-8, 2009. This symposium is a unique event that brings together the University of Maine community each year for a focused discussion of emerging research and topics related to global environmental change. Arrive at 7:30 a.m […]
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2007 – 2008 US ITASE Field Report Paul Andrew Mayewski, Gordon Hamilton (University of Maine) Brian Welch (St. Olaf College) Introduction: US ITASE is foremost a scientific endeavor that seeks to collect the highest quality scientific data under the safest and most efficient conditions possible. It has been operating successfully as a traverse platform since […]
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Climate Change Institute Director Paul Mayewski offers his perspectives on global climate change, the science that’s getting closer to predicting its future and what our changing climate means to us. To access the complete UMaine Today Magazine article, please visit the following website: UMaine Today website
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As part of an unprecedented, multiyear effort, researchers have retrieved the first section of an ice column in Antarctica that could provide the most detailed record yet of greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere during the last 100,000 years. To access the complete UMaine Today Magazine article, please visit the following website: UMaine Today website
Read moreArchaeological Investigations of the Quebrada Manga, Peru
Archaeological Exploration of the Cotahuasi Highlands, Southern Peru Kurt Rademaker (CCI), David Reid (Anthropology Dept.) Project setup. Kurt writes: Before Dave and I can even think about the canyon survey itself, we have to deal with some serious logistical issues. We are setting out to spend three weeks backpacking and documenting archaeological sites within a […]
Read moreGlacial History and Paleoclimate in Patagonia, Chile
Glacial History and Paleoclimate in Patagonia (Southern South America) during the LGM and Termination of the Last Glacial Cycle Juan Luis Garcia, Climate Change Institute Patagonia is an amazing natural region located in the southern cone of South America. Although the Southern Andes are deprived of those tremendous five or six thousand m a.s.l. peaks […]
Read moreThe Interactive Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation & Temperature on Pelagic Food Webs
Beartooth Mountains – Wyoming/Montana The Interactive Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation & Temperature on Pelagic Food Webs Jasmine Saros, Courtney Wigdahl July 2007, August 2007 The objective of this research is to understand how temperature and colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) influence the impact of UV on food webs in lakes. We argue that climate change […]
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GPS Measurements of fast flowing glaciers in East Greenland
GPS Measurements of fast flow in East Greenland Gordon Hamilton, Leigh Stearns, UMaine Meredith Nettles, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory June 29, to July 7, July 22 to 30, and August 20 to 28th 2007 6/29/07 Meredith Nettles (LDEO), Gordon and I arrived in Tasiilaq this morning. We spent the day locating and organizing our […]
Read moreA joint Brazilian-Chilean-USA expedition at Detroit Plateau Antarctic Peninsula
A joint Brazilian-Chilean-USA expedition at Detroit Plateau Antarctic Peninsula Glaciological and Atmospheric Studies This field work is part of CASA English Climate of the Antarctic and South America (CASA): Joint Brazilian-Chilean-US ice core drilling on the Detroit Plateau, Antarctic Peninsula Español Clima de Antártica y Sud-América (CASA) Extracción conjunta Brasil-Chile-Estados Unidos de testigo de hielo […]
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