CCI researchers cited in PRI report on Greenland, climate change
PRI’s “The World” mentioned two University of Maine researchers in the report, “In Greenland, a climate change mystery with clues written in water and stone.” According to the article, Greenland holds the world’s second largest ice sheet, and it’s melting fast — an average of 287 billion metric tons of ice a year. Glaciologist Gordon Hamilton, an associate professor in the Climate Change Institute and School of Earth and Climate Sciences, is leading a research team in Greenland to study the sudden and dramatic retreat of the Helheim glacier a decade ago, according to the article. The researchers are looking for clues to the decline in hopes of predicting what might happen in the region as the climate rapidly warms, the article states. The report also included a photo of the glacier that was contributed by Ellyn Enderlin, a research assistant professor in CCI and UMaine’s School of Earth and Climate Sciences. Hamilton also spoke about his research in a related report by “The World,” titled, “Looking small for big answers in Greenland.” The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting also cited the reports by “The World.”