Climate Change Institute

Ice Cores from the Dry Valleys of Antarctica 2005 Karl Kreutz, Bruce Williamson, Mike Waskiewicz, Terry Gacke and Toby Burdet October 20, 2004 – December 15, 2005 The goals of this project are to collect and develop high-resolution ice core records from the Dry Valleys region of Antarctica, and provide interpretations of interannual to decadal-scale […]

Mt. Geladandong Ice Cores Susan Kaspari and Bjorn Grigholm: UMaine Qianggong Zhang, Shichang Kang, Feng Chen, Qinghua Ye, and Zhiyuan Cong: Joint Key Laboratory of Cryosphere and Environment, P.R. China September 24 to November 15, 2005 Mt. Geladandong (33f 12′ N, 91f 09’E, 5800 m) is located in the Tanggula Mountains in the central region […]

Reconnaissance Research in the Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan Susan Kaspari and Bjorn Gringholm, UMaine Dr. Vladimir Aizen, University of Idaho Arzhan Surazakov and Dan Joswiak, UIdaho July 16 – August 6, 2005 The high elevation snowfields of the Pamir and Tien Shan contain robust records documenting: moisture advection into central Asia from the Atlantic and Arctic; […]

Glacial Geologic Investigations of the Nevado Firura Glacier, Peru Kurt Radamaker, Gordon Bromley and Louis Fortin June 15 – July 14, 2005 Recent geoarchaeological investigations in the Andes of southern Peru are providing valuable information about the early human settlement of South America, the possible relationship between the highlands and the coast, and adaptation to […]