Members of the Leslie Lab are investigating how values and beliefs influence people’s responses to ocean renewable energy development and how those values and beliefs differ by place. To do this work, we are engaged in participatory social science research to identify and characterize the values and beliefs that influence social acceptance of ocean renewable […]
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Dr. Jessica Reilly-Moman, research affiliate in the Leslie Lab, recently gave a presentation on her research on social indicators of climate resilience to the MAREA+ network. This 20-minute presentation is particularly oriented towards researchers and practitioners working on enhancing community resilience to climate change impacts. Jess would greatly appreciate your feedback and questions. Specifically, do […]
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Leslie Lab member Will Spaller created this video about Semester by the Sea as part of his Marine Sciences capstone project in collaboration with his classmates in Fall 2022. Thank you, Will!
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Thanks to PhD candidate Phoebe Jekielek for sharing her science with Aquaponics students from Lincoln Academy earlier this week. Students helped Phoebe to sort young scallops and other invertebrates from spat bags collected from Penobscot Bay, where Phoebe and collaborators at Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership are studying the dynamics of wild and […]
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2022 Leslie Lab intern Audrey Hufnagel was quoted in the Portland Press Herald, as part of an article highlighting the work that she and other youth climate activists are doing to pass the Pine Tree Amendment. This bill that would give voters an opportunity to add the right to a clean and healthy environment to the […]
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Heather Leslie, professor of marine science and director of the Darling Marine Center at the University of Maine, has been named a 2022 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow, one of the highest honors in the scientific community. Heather has been a member of AAAS since she was a graduate student and […]
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Sophia Pelletier served as an undergraduate research assistant in the Leslie Lab at UMaine’s Darling Marine Center in summer 2022. She is from San Diego, CA and currently lives in Davis, CA. Sophia graduated from University of California at Davis with a BS in Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology and is applying to graduate programs […]
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Maine Campus Media covered Heather’s recent seminar as part of the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Learn more here… You can watch Heather’s one-hour seminar here.
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Graduate student Sarah Risley presented to the Town of Damariscotta’s Select Board on November 2nd. She shared the work that UMaine scientists and local high school students have done to support municipal shellfish management since 2019, thanks to support from a variety of sources, including local donors to the Darling Marine Center. The team has […]
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Fall Marine Ecology Field Research Opportunity for High School Students
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