UMaine Lobster Study Cited in ClimateProgress Endangered Species Bracket
A University of Maine study was mentioned in a ClimateProgress article about March Sadness — the organization’s educational bracket tournament of animals affected by climate change and other environmental threats. ClimateProgress will pursue a feature article exploring the story behind whichever animal wins, the website states. The UMaine study was cited in the battle between the lobster and red knot, a migratory bird. The UMaine survey of 11 Gulf of Maine locations found warming in the Gulf may increase the prevalence of lobster shell disease, an unsightly sickness which stresses the lobster and often leads to death, according to the article.