Stories about "Climate change"
2014 Otis Lecture to highlight role of virtue in perceptions of climate change
Monday, November 17, 2014 11:00 am
Known for his scrutiny of the cultural dimensions of climate change, Mike Hulme brings the ancient philosophical concept of virtue to bear on the climate crisis in Bates College's annual Otis Lecture on Nov. 17.
Dead clams talking: $337,000 grant supports clamshell-climate research
Monday, October 27, 2014 1:31 pm
An oceanographer and a geologist at Bates have received a National Science Foundation grant to create a 1,000-year record of changing sea and climate conditions in the Norwegian Arctic.
Bates welcomes new faculty: Brett Huggett, biology
Friday, October 24, 2014 10:51 am
New at Bates as an assistant professor of biology, Brett Huggett specializes in how trees response to environmental stress.
Bates to screen ‘Shored Up,’ exploring the shoreline’s fate in the age of climate change
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 8:34 am
Described as "a thought-provoking documentary about the folly of shoreline construction in the Hurricane Sandy age," the film "Shored Up" will be shown on May 19.
Video: Visiting the Sprague Marsh to measure sea level change
Friday, May 2, 2014 9:00 am
Geology faculty and students head to Bates-Morse Mountain to place measurement rods deep in the marsh.
New film features stunning White Mountain views — and Bates geologist Dyk Eusden, too
Friday, March 21, 2014 8:59 am
Eusden enters the film as an expert who links the experiential with the geological.
Haiku and watercolors help oceanographer Greg Johnson ’85 explain climate change
Thursday, March 13, 2014 10:55 am
He got the idea after making a major contribution to the report "Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis."
Bates-directed climate project in Shetland Islands wins environmental award
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 12:47 pm
A Bates-directed archeological project in the Shetland Islands has won an environmental…
Strategies for climate change, youth homelessness at issue in Harward Center events
Thursday, November 7, 2013 11:32 am
A forum on youth homelessness in Maine and a talk by a leading climate change activist take place a day apart in presentations at Bates College.
Racing to protect water supply, Auburn Water District is buoyed by Bates collaboration
Tuesday, August 20, 2013 2:33 pm
A collaboration between Bates and the Auburn Water District is enabling authorities to better monitor conditions in the lake that supplies drinking water to the Twin Cities.