Climate Change Institute

Gizmodo, Quartz and LabRoots reported on a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters by researchers at the University of Washington and University of Maine. The current record for a continuous ice core is 800,000 years, but the new research shows an even older continuous core may exist deep within the Allan Hills Blue Ice […]

Cindy Isenhour, an assistant professor of anthropology and climate change at the University of Maine and a cooperating faculty member at the Climate Change Institute, was interviewed by News Center Maine for a report on reducing plastic straw waste. Many restaurants in Maine, from Portland to Bar Harbor, are looking for alternatives to plastic straws […]

Research by Nicholas Richmond, a master’s student from the Univeristy of Maine, has recently been selected by American Geophysical Union as the top Graduate virtual poster in 2018. Nick’s project was titled: “3D Bedrock Channel Evolution with Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Coupled to a Finite Element Earth.” Link to AGU announcement

Explaining the dynamics of an ice age landscape to a classroom of middle-schoolers can be a daunting challenge for teachers. Researchers in the lab examine evidence such as pollen and other tiny fossils, and particulate matter contained in sediment core samples to “see” what the ancient landscape once was. But how can this data be […]

Paul Mayewski speaks about storm surges and sea level rise in an interview for NEXT New England Podcast. Episode 94  

News Center Maine spoke with Kirk Maasch, a professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, and Susan Elias, a UMaine Ph.D. candidate and vector-borne disease ecologist, for a report about the start of Maine’s tick season. Experts say changes in the environment are […]

Robert W. Kates, geographer, sustainability scientist, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, died in Trenton, ME, April 21, 2018. He was 89 years old. Link to Obituary

William Kochtitzky and Ellyn Enderlin co-authorized an article for Journal of Glaciology entitled: Improved estimates of glacier change rates at Nevado Coropuna Ice Cap, Peru. ABSTRACT. Accurate quantification of rates of glacier mass loss is critical for managing water resources and for assessing hazards at ice-clad volcanoes, especially in arid regions like southern Peru. In […]

Bradfield Lyon, an associate research professor in climate analysis at the University of Maine, spoke with National Geographic for the article, “The dangers of dzud, Mongolia’s lethal winters.” For the second time this decade, extreme winter conditions on the Mongolian steppe caused extensive die-offs of animals that traditional herding communities rely on for their survival, […]

Dr. Bradfield Lyon contributed to the National Geographic article (April 2018) entitled: The Danges of Dzud, Mongolia’s Lethal Winters. Nomadic herders of the Mongolian steppe are at the mercy of these dramatic winters, and scientists are struggling to under the lethal phenomenon.  Link to article.