Bloomberg cites data visualization from Climate Reanalyzer
Bloomberg cited a data visualization from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer for a story on climate change and hurricane season.
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Ellsworth American interviews Jain on concerns with dams
The Ellsworth American interviewed Shaleen Jain, professor of civil engineering at the University of Maine, on concerns dams can pose to communities and his research, which looked at how historical data on river flow and rainfall is considered in dam design and whether more expansive records could better predict future outcomes. “We found that longer […]
Read moreOceanographic Magazine reports on bluefin tuna diet study from UMaine
Oceanographic Magazine and The Cool Down reported on new research from the University of Maine Pelagic Fisheries Lab that illustrated a shift in the tuna’s diet — away from Atlantic herring and toward menhaden — and described the role of foraging in the tuna’s lifecycle. The Penobscot Bay Pilot shared the release from UMaine News.
Read morePress Herald highlights UMaine research presented at Harborfest
The Portland Press Herald highlighted a presentation and demonstration completed by two University of Maine students at Camp Ellis Harborfest, a festival on a pier that dates back 30 years and returned annually three years ago. Ph.D. students Kaylyn Zipp and Joseph Dello Russo demonstrated how UMaine’s Pelagic Fisheries Lab takes samples from tuna heads […]
Read moreWGME reports on new app from Ippolito on environmental cost of AI
WGME (CBS 13 in Portland) reported on a new app from Jon Ippolito, professor of new media at the University of Maine, which calculates the environmental cost of using AI. The Bangor Daily News and Daily Bulldog shared the release from UMaine.
Read moreSun Journal highlights shark tagging research from UMaine, DMR
The Sun Journal highlighted collaborative research from the University of Maine Pelagic Fisheries Lab and Maine Department of Marine Resources in which researchers are monitoring the Gulf of Maine’s great white sharks with cylindrical fish acoustic receivers. Since 2020, receivers have recorded radio tagged great whites in Eastport, Harpswell, Ogunquit, Kennebunk, Higgins Beach, Phippsburg, Hermit […]
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Atlantic bluefin tuna diets are shifting in a changing Gulf of Maine
Maine’s coastal communities have been hooked on the Atlantic bluefin tuna since at least the late 1880s — first as bycatch, until the 1930s when the fish became a prized target in fishing tournaments. Through the subsequent decades, bluefin tuna have and continue to support working waterfronts in Maine and beyond. Despite a decline in […]
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From launch pad to leaderboard: Maine’s first satellite named a finalist in global contest
MESAT1, Maine’s first research satellite developed by the University of Maine and collaborators statewide, is a finalist for the SmallSat “Rookie of the Year” Award, which is sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The public is encouraged to cast their vote online to boost MESAT1 to victory as the top rookie small […]
Read moreMedia highlight UMaine student research at annual fishing competition
The Harpswell Anchor and News Center Maine covered the annual Casco Bay Bluefin Bonanza at Port Harbor Marine in South Portland, where students from the University of Maine Pelagic Fisheries Lab took samples and recorded data from tuna caught during the competition to understand more about the highly migratory species. Money raised during the tournament, […]
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UMaine unveils app to gauge AI’s environmental cost
A new app, “What Uses More,” aims to reveal the environmental footprint of tasks completed with artificial intelligence, encouraging users to examine critically the energy and water consumption of their digital activities. The app, developed by Jon Ippolito, a professor of new media at the University of Maine, was unveiled June 25 as a part […]
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