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Connecticut Media highlight Mayewski’s Arctic lecture

The Darien Times and Fairfield Citizen highlighted a lecture by Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, titled “The Arctic, New England and the First Abrupt Climate Change Event in the Modern Era.” The Darien Community Association hosted the talk as part of its Academic Lecture Series.  

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Unraveling Changing Temperature of West Greenland Lakes Under Ice and Beyond

Expedition Dates:  August 2021   Expedition Field Team Members: Vaclava Hazukova, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine; Benjamin Burpee, Aquatic Scientist, Ecosystem Consulting Services   Expedition Funding: Dan & Betty Churchill Exploration Fund I would like to sincerely thank Dan and Betty Churchill for making this field work possible.   Field Expedition Location:  Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland […]

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Maine Science Podcast features Birkel in latest episode

The Maine Science Podcast featured Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, on its latest episode. In the episode, Birkel discusses his work, which includes creating and managing the Climate Reanalyzer and supporting The Warming Sea project, and his passion for science. The podcast, a […]

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Media advance study of air bubbles in Antarctic ice co-authored by Kurbatov

ScienceDaily and Phys.org advanced a Rice University-led study of air bubbles in Antarctic ice co-authored by Andrei Kurbatov, an associate professor with the University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute. The study, published in Science Advances, revealed a possible cause for the decline in atmospheric oxygen for at least […]

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Kreutz to serve as UArctic chair

Karl Kreutz, director of the University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences and professor in the Climate Change Institute, has been selected as the University of the Arctic Chair in Arctic Ice, Climate and Environmental History. University of the Arctic (UArctic) is a network of universities, colleges, research institutes and other organizations concerned […]

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Investigating Maine’s Indigenous fire pre-history.

Expedition Dates:  August – October 2021 Expedition Field Team Members: Madi Landrum, Kit Hamley, Alessandro Mereghetti, Noa Buzby, Tommy Thelander, Meghan Spoth, Jacquelyn Gill, and Andrea Nurse Expedition Funding: Churchill Exploration Fund.   Thank you Dan and Betty for making this field season possible. Other Acknowledgements: Thanks to Acadia National Park and Hirundo Wildlife Refuge for […]

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