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 […]
Development of Citizen Science Programs and Evaluation of Outcomes Rebecca Jordan, Rutgers University Co-sponsors: Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, New England Sustainability Consortium
Engaging Future Vulnerability and Adaptation Using Landscape-scale Iterative Scenario-Building Dan Murphy University of Cincinnati Co-sponsored by the Mitchell Center, the Dept. of Anthropology, the Climate Change Institute, School of Forest Resources and the Ecology and Environmental Sciences Program
Regional Association for Research on the Gulf of Maine (RARGOM) Identifying and Monitoring Ecosystem Drivers in the Gulf of MaineThe 2014 RARGOM Annual Science Meeting will be a session where Gulf of Maine scientists will be asked to identify the drivers affecting ecosystem goods and services and the data collection systems needed to understand and […]
Keynote Speaker: William Clark Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government
Using virtual reality as a tool for improving wind energy visualization Nicholas Giudice, School of Computing and Information Science Dr Giudice will discuss the use of virtual reality as a tool for improving wind energy visualization. The seminar will explore the progress of one of SSI's Emerging Opportunities projects led by Nicholas Giudice, School of […]
Using Historical Information in Wildlife Science: a Personal Journey William B. Krohn, Ph.D.
