Stories about "Climate change"
Climate change is behind storm-petrels’ breeding decline
Thursday, January 11, 2018 3:51 pm
In the deep cold of a Maine winter, the reality of our…
Then and Now: The Bates ginkgo tree sheds its leaves
Thursday, November 16, 2017 11:50 am
As ginkgo trees do, the one outside Carnegie Science Hall, across from Chase Hall, shed all its leaves within a few hours on Nov. 9.
Censorship of scientists is ramping up, but hostility is nothing new
Thursday, November 16, 2017 9:40 am
The attempt to silence scientists shows just how powerful knowledge is, says Associate Professor of History Joe Hall.
Q&A: Elizabeth Kolbert works in a horrifying and amazing era for environmental journalism
Friday, October 21, 2016 8:33 am
Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker writer and winner of a Pulitzer for The Sixth Extinction, gave the annual Otis Lecture on Oct. 24.
$165,000 grant funds Bates study of tree structure and drought response
Friday, February 5, 2016 12:35 pm
It's plain that a tree without water will die. What's not so clear is what happens inside a thirsty tree while it's still alive.
Slideshow: Balmy Bates in December prompts the question, what’s up?
Thursday, December 17, 2015 4:18 pm
Photographs show a snowbound Bates two years ago and a verdant campus now. Is it time to say hello to El Nino?
‘Standup economist’ brings light touch to climate policy
Monday, October 12, 2015 2:21 pm
Bates College presents "standup economist" Yoram Bauman with a presentation called "Comedy, Economics, and Climate Change" on Oct. 13.
‘Unexpected’ Arctic night life found by Bates biologist Will Ambrose and fellow researchers
Thursday, October 1, 2015 12:21 pm
The Arctic's long polar night does not slow down the marine ecosystem — a finding that has sobering consequences for how we think about the seasons in this era of climate change.
Slideshow: Beach morning, marsh afternoon, and starry night for these geology students
Friday, August 28, 2015 12:00 pm
From beach to marsh, geology students did faculty-guided thesis fieldwork in and around the Bates–Morse Mountain Conservation Area, with time for play, too.
Biologist Will Ambrose appointed National Science Foundation program director
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 4:24 pm
Ambrose will have authority over $12 million in research funding that in large part defines how scientists study Arctic climate change.