Free Press, Penobscot Times advance Harold W. Borns Jr. Symposium
The Free Press and the Penobscot Times reported University of Maine faculty and graduate students will present findings from wide-ranging research at the 26th annual Harold W. Borns Jr. Symposium that sheds light on how climate change affects Maine and its residents. The free, public event will be held at Wells Conference Center from noon to 7 p.m. May 1 and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 2. Topics of the emerging climate change studies include whether a temperature-related increase in toxic algal blooms could increase the prevalence of a neurodegenerative disease, and how erosion and rising seas are threatening valuable coastal archaeological sites. Findings also will be shared on whether deer tick range expansion is associated with milder winters and how climate-driven changes in habitat suitability in the Gulf of Maine contributed to increased lobster landings in the early 2010s.