Water Systems, Science and Society Under Global Change The Massachusetts Water Resources Research Center invites organizations to participate in an international conversation to elicit a wide range of forward-looking perspectives […]
Navigating the Northeastern Cleantech Cluster Through Wind, Water & Woods As part of Maine Startup & Create Week, E2Tech is bringing together three new and dynamic companies and the next generation of wind, tidal and biomass energy technologies. The founders and CEOs of Ocean Renewable Power Company, Interphase Energy and Altaeros Energies will share their […]
Amphibians in complex landscapes: Quantifying habitat permeability and connectivity for juvenile wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) movements and dispersal
Senator George Mitchell and David Hart will appear at the Jesup Memorial Library on Tuesday, July 15 at 7:00 PM to speak about the economic and environmental conundrums facing us on MDI, and how we can work together to address these issues.
Collaborative Research on Finfish in Cobscook Bay, Maine Jeffrey Vieser Candidate for M.S. in Marine Biology and Marine Policy Monday, July 28th, 1:00 PM Room 107 Norman Smith Hall Polycom […]
Effect of Urbanization on Dissolved Organic Matter: Composition, Bioavailability, and Ecosystem Health
The potential arrival of the emerald ash borer in Maine threatens ash trees that are central to Wabanaki basket making and ways of life. But students and faculty from the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions are working with basket makers, tribal communities, state and federal government, the forest products industry, and many […]
Letting People In and Keeping Contaminants Out Public water supplies often exist in the same areas that people find desirable for recreation and development, while also providing a natural habitat for plants and animals. This seminar emphasizes how coexisting with sometimes opposing values and missions can provide challenges for public water suppliers in striking the […]
How Models Influence Environmental Policy Decision-Making: Lessons Learned from Models of Nutrient Loading and Hypoxia Damian Brady, School of Marine Sciences, UMaine Co-sponsors: Mitchell Center, New England Sustainability Consortium
Potential effects of climate change on stream organisms Bobbi Peckarsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison Co-sponsors: Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, School of Biology & Ecology While increasing temperatures have received much focus of the effects of climate change, associated increases in the frequency and intensity of extreme events, such as droughts and floods, may have important […]
