School of Earth and Climate Sciences

Maine 4-H Follow a Researcher® returns for a sixth season with University of Maine graduate student researchers. From 1–2 p.m. May 2, UMaine Earth and climate sciences master’s student Mariama Dryak will be available on Twitter to chat with students and teachers about her studies using satellites to track iceberg melt in Antarctica. Dryak will be […]

Dr. Brenda Hall, a professor of glacial geology in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute, was awarded the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture at the University of Maine’s 2019 Outstanding Research Award. The award was presented at the college’s annual Celebration of Excellence on April 17. The college […]

More than 1,200 students showcased nearly 400 research and creative works at the 2019 UMaine Student Symposium held at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor on April 10. Read More 

The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the 2019 CUGR and Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) summer fellowship winners. Undergraduate proposals will be awarded $3,000 for MSGC and $3,300 for CUGR. Graduate projects will receive $6,000 each during the summer semester. Funding is provided by the UMaine Office of the Vice […]

Rocks may be made from a single mineral or many. But knowing the recipe of the molecules that make up a mineral tells only part of its story. One scientist wants to broaden their biographies. Read More  

Polar science used to be dominated by men. An expedition to Thwaites Glacier is helping change that. Read More 

Wallace Broecker, a climate scientist who brought the term “global warming” into the public and scientific lexicon, died on Monday. He was 87. Read more

Four students named semifinalists for Fulbright grants February 5, 2019 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 […]

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 UMaine  SECS and the Climate Change […]

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. READ MORE

Mainers can expect significant environmental changes in the next two decades due to increased greenhouse gas emissions and patterns of variability in the climate system, say University of Maine researchers Sean Birkel and Paul Mayewski. read more 

University of Maine graduate students, Anna McGinn, a master’s student in the UMaine School of Policy and International Affairs and the Climate Change Institute, and Will Kochtitzky, a master’s student in the UMaine School of Earth and Climate Sciences and the Climate Change Institute, are partnering with schools across Maine to host World Climate Interactive Negotiation […]

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Christopher Gerbi has been named associate dean for research in the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, and associate director of the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station. read more 

In May, 19 University of Maine Geology Club members and two faculty took a 10-day field trip to Iceland. read more 

We congratulate several SECS students for recent awards: Nick Richmond, an M.S. student, received First Place in the graduate division of the AGU Spring 2018 Virtual Poster Showcase. The American Geophysical Union is one of the largest and most respected geoscience professional organizations. Read the UMaine story about the award. Ph.D. student Susan Elias won […]

To understand why the Florida-size glacier’s rate of ice loss has doubled since the 1990s, 100 scientists from world-leading research institutions in the United Kingdom and the United States — including Brenda Hall and Seth Campbell from the University of Maine — will collaborate on a massive $25 million research project. Read more  

Congratulations to Allie Balter, who was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship for her project, “Quantifying summer temperature change during Heinrich Stadials in the American Southwest”. Allie graduated from Bates College in 2014 with a B.S. in Geology. After taking two years to explore careers in outdoor education and environmental consulting, Allie began […]

Ph.D. student Jesse Walters describes his work in the Himalaya for the Traveling Geologist, a website highlighting the successes, adventures, and everything in between of geoscientists working around the globe.