Speaker: Mussie Beyene, PhD Candidate, Civil & Environmental Engineering Maine has over 5000 lakes and winter ice cover over these lakes is a seasonal phenomenon, which plays a vital role in the ecological and socio-economic health of the state. In recent times, there have been dramatic shifts in the timing and duration of lake ice […]
Speaker: Carol Collier, Drexel University The Delaware River Basin is shared by four states and provides water to over 15 million people. Issues run the gamut from natural gas development, clean-up of PCBs, equitable allocation of water, droughts and floods, salt water intrusion, endangered species, managing non-point source pollution and, of course, the multiplying effect […]
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Speaker: Daniela Miteva, The Nature Conservancy In response to unsustainable timber production in tropical forest concessions, voluntary forest management certification programs such as the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) have been […]
Residents of the Penobscot watershed are invited to meet with scientists, researchers, business leaders, nonprofit organizations, fishermen, and government representatives to discuss the state of the region past, present, and […]
Presenters: Tyler Quiring, Research Associate, New England Sustainability Consortium, UMaine Bridie McGreavy, Communication & Journalism, UMaine Sustainability science is an innovative field that relies on collaborative connections among a broad […]
Gerry Wright "becomes Olmsted," entering into his emotional extremes, intellectual depths and spirited power."Olmsted" shares his uncanny life and works in part responsible for the creating and saving Natural Wonders […]
SPEAKER: Phoebe Barnard, South African National Biodiversity Institute We may think we know where the world is headed, but our toolbox is both slim and skewed toward lessons and assumptions […]
On issues ranging from climate change and energy to food production and conservation, experts and their institutions are increasingly called up on to communicate with the public, advise policymakers, and/or […]
SPEAKER: Sam Lake, Emeritus Professor, Monash Univeristy, Melbourne, Australia Co-sponsored by the School of Biology & Ecology After receiving his PH.D from the University of Southampton, in 1967 Dr. Sam Lake was appointed to the Zoology Department of the University of Tasmania where his research focus was mainly on the impacts of heavy metals on […]
