{"id":27,"date":"2024-05-31T10:43:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T14:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2026-03-20T08:11:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:11:29","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column27_94ee05-4a > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column27_94ee05-4a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column27_94ee05-4a > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column27_94ee05-4a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column27_94ee05-4a > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column27_94ee05-4a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column27_94ee05-4a{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 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.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27_a2d08a-11[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27_a2d08a-11\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27_a2d08a-11 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27_a2d08a-11[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27_a2d08a-11\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading27_a2d08a-11 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27_a2d08a-11\">Questions about the undergraduate program? Ready to declare an ECS major, Climate Sciences minor or Earth Sciences minor?<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27_44f970-ad, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27_44f970-ad[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27_44f970-ad\"]{text-align:center;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:forma-djr-micro;color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27_44f970-ad mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27_44f970-ad[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27_44f970-ad\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27_44f970-ad img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27_44f970-ad[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27_44f970-ad\"] 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