Bates College

Mike Retelle teaches courses that focus on Earth surface environments and records of environmental change. His courses include an introductory course called Earth Surface Processes (Geo 103), Sedimentology (Geo 210), and Quaternary Geology (Geology 310). Mike also alternates teaching several field-based short term units: Limnology and Paleolimnology of Maine Lakes, Field Geology and Glaciation of Northern New England.

Currently Mike is involved in several research projects in high latitude areas of the North Atlantic region. He began his arctic research in the Canadian arctic focusing on glacial and sea level history and high resolution records of climate change preserved in annually layered lake sediments.