Dr. Jacquelyn Gill has been awarded the AMQUA Award for Leadership in Quaternary Sciences, which recognizes “a North American mid-career Quaternary scientist for combining an outstanding track record of scientific discovery with exceptional broader impacts within our profession and society at large.” “Research contributions should comprise a body of work that significantly advances understanding of […]
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Vendy Hazuková: Diving deep into Arctic lake ecology June 7, 2024 Someone who knows how to smile in subzero weather, Vendy Hazuková’s grit in the field has defined her as a graduate student at the University of Maine. Much of her time learning was outside of the classroom collecting samples in the Arctic, which ultimately […]
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USA Today cited a data visualization from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer for sea surface temperatures across the Atlantic on May 29. The New Jersey Herald and Asbury Park Press shared the report.
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Expedition Location: Kiana & Andy Lake, Alaska Expedition Dates: March 31 – April 17, 2024 Field Team Members: *Alessandro Mereghetti1, Dr. Dulcinea V. Groff2, Joseph Boots-Ebenfield1, Kaitlyn Gerstler2, Shannon Thompson 1, Glenn Miller 1 University of Maine, Climate Change Institute 2 University of Wyoming Funding Support: Dan & Betty Churchill Exploration Fund, NSF CAREER […]
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ORONO, Maine — Investigating plastic pollution in a Norwegian glacier and teaching English in Taiwan are the plans of a University of Maine Ph.D. student and a recent graduate who both received awards from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Ligia Naveira, a Ph.D. student with UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, earned a Fulbright Open […]
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In the fall, students enrolled in the course “Introduction to Anthropology: Human Origins and Prehistory” will be taught by a world-renowned archaeologist who recently received one of the highest honors a scientist can achieve. Longtime University of Maine professor Daniel H. Sandweiss was elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) on April 30. Membership […]
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One of Mt. Everest’s deadliest passages is growing even more treacherous https://www.businessinsider.com/mt-everest-deadly-khumbu-icefall-grows-more-treacherous-climate-change-2024-5
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News Center Maine interviewed Bonnie Newsom, a University of Maine associate professor of anthropology, about a new effort involving her, UMaine Ph.D. students and the National Park Service to protect Wabanaki archaeological sites in Acadia National Park from climate change using Indigenous and western knowledge. Federal funding will support the project, which will involve devising […]
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Expedition Location: Cordillera Darwin, Chile Expedition Dates: March 1 – April 7, 2024 Field Team Members: Sera Thomas (MS Student, UMaine), Meghan Spoth (Phd Student, UMaine), Maraina Miles (Phd Student, UMaine), Annika Schmidt (MS Student, Northwestern University), Dr. Rodrigo Sotores (Postdoc, University of Magallanes), Dr. Brenda Hall (Co-PI, UMaine), Dr. Thomas Lowell (Co-PI, University of […]
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Climate Change Institute researchers (Mayewski, Potocki, Naveira) involved in scientific activities to be conducted during a 1500km crossing of Greenland with Ramon Larramendi‘s zero pollution, sustainable technology Inuit Windsled platform for scientific research. https://greenland.net/windsled/sos-arctic-2024-1500-km-of-crossing-greenland-to-study-the-eternal-ice/
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