Four University of Maine students and alumni have been recommended as semifinalists for the 2019–20 Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the largest exchange program in the country that offers opportunities for recent graduates in more than 160 countries. The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase […]
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Expedition Dates: March 6-10, 2018 Field Team Members: Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie (CCI), Dulcinea Groff (CCI), Kit Hamley (CCI), and Karen James Expedition Funding Acknowledgement: David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship Acknowledgement: Baxter State Park Expedition Report: Topographically complex landscapes in the northeastern U.S. harbor conservation legacies and regionally unique plant populations. Baxter State Park’s mountain habitats […]
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News Center Maine spoke with Sean Birkel, a research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, and Michelle Volk, a graduate student at UMaine, about research they’re conducting on ticks. Climate change and the bacteria carried by ticks are helping extend the range of ticks to include environments in which they previously […]
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Expedition Date: JUNE 2018 Field Team Members: Dominic Winski 1, 2, Bess Koffman3, Julianne DeAngelo 2, Victor Cabrera 2, Eleanor Dowd2, Meg Yoder3, and Taylor Methven3. 1. Climate Change Institute, 2. Dartmouth College, 3. Colby College . Expedition Funding Acknowledgement: Various sources of internal scholarship and research funding from Dartmouth and Colby College. Acknowledgement: This […]
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The University of Maine has recently partnered with the non-profit 503(c) Foundation for Glacier & Environmental Research to run the Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP) as a 6-credit summer field course through the School of Earth and Climate Sciences (SECS). The JIRP Director of Academics & Research, Seth Campbell, is an Assistant Professor within the […]
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Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, spoke on NBC Nightly News about climate change and the polar vortex. NBC reported melting sea ice and ocean temperatures at the North Pole have caused the walls of the jet stream, or polar vortex, to break open, allowing arctic air to […]
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Expedition Date: AUGUST 2018 Field Team Members: Dan Sandweiss 1, 2, Cecilia Mauricio 3, Paul Roscoe 1,2, Alice Kelley 1,2,4, Emily Blackwood2, Gloria Lopez5, and James Munch. 1. Climate Change Institute, 2. Anthropology Department, 3. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú 4. School of Earth & Climate Sciences, 5. CENIEH Expedition Funding: University of Maine […]
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Dan Sandweiss, professor of anthropology and climate studies, co-wrote a short monograph on the analysis of animal remains and climate change from Siches, an early-to-middle Holocene fishing site he excavated in northern Peru. “Fishing on the Frontier: Vertebrate Remains from Amotape, Siches, and Honda Phase Occupations at Sitio Siches (Pv 7-19), Perú,” is in the […]
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In the current state of our changing climate, low latitude alpine glaciers and ice caps are melting at an alarming rate. Within these glaciers resides a unique and well-preserved record of past climate and atmospheric conditions that is vital to expanding our knowledge of modern and future climate change. It is crucial to collect these […]
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The Associated Press cited the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer in an article about a deep freeze in the Upper Midwest. Schools closed and warming centers opened across the Midwest when temperatures plummeted Jan. 25, according to the article. Even colder weather was expected for the following week. Temporary harsh cold does not disprove global […]
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