Harold William Borns, Jr. is Professor Emeritus of Glacial and Quaternary Geology at the University of Maine. He has taught geology for 50 years and in retirement has continued Ice Age field research projects in Maine, Denmark and Ireland. Professor Borns has had published about 150 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles, made many geological maps for the Maine Geological Survey and ... Read morehas co-authored one book on the Ice Age. He spent 28 field seasons leading glacial geological research teams in Antarctica and served as Program Manager for Polar Glaciology in the Office of Polar Programs at the U.S. National Science Foundation for three years. He formed the “Climate Change Institute” at the University of Maine in 1973 and served as its director for the first 15 years. Kirk Allen Maasch is Professor of Climate Studies at the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. He has had published over 60 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles and book chapters, and has co-edited one book on climate and culture. Show Less