WCVB features UMaine Lobster Institute
WCVB (Channel 5 in Boston) reported on how researchers at the University of Maine Lobster Institute work to keep the lobster industry sustainable and profitable.
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Media share UMaine study about participatory planning for climate change in MDI tourism
The Bangor Daily News, Mount Desert Islander and Travel and Tour World shared a study from the University of Maine that shows bringing together academics and tourism developers on Mount Desert Island (MDI) is an effective way to identify climate change impacts and determine what can be done to address them given a community’s strengths, […]
Read moreBillings’ lobster industry book highlighted on WCVB
WCVB (ABC 5 in Boston) highlighted the book “The Maine Lobster Industry: A History of Culture, Conservation & Commerce” by Cathy Billings, formerly with the University of Maine Lobster Institute, in an article about the history of Maine’s lobster industry.
Read moreUMaine undergraduates participate in NOAA’s Diadromous Ecosystem Research Program
This summer, five undergraduate students are gaining experience in sea-run fish research and management as participants in Maine Sea Grant and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s (NOAA) Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s Undergraduate Internships in Diadromous Ecosystem Research Program. The program, which launched in 2020, pairs student interns with mentors who are practitioners in the […]
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Mount Desert Island tourism can use participatory planning to address climate change impacts, UMaine research shows
A study from the University of Maine shows that bringing together academics and tourism developers on Mount Desert Island (MDI) is an effective way to identify climate change impacts and determine what can be done to address them given a community’s strengths, limitations and resources. Now, thanks to the work of a transdisciplinary group of […]
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Lucia Liet: Using eDNA to save the Atlantic cod
Lucia Liet was working as an ocean rescue lifeguard on the Jersey Shore when she decided that she wanted to study ecology. Now, she has moved up the East Coast to become a marine protector of a different sort: a researcher at the forefront of using eDNA to try and save the Atlantic cod. After […]
Read moreMedia reports on Townsend receiving Gulf of Maine Council Visionary Award
The Bangor Daily News and Portland Press Herald reported that the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment awarded David Townsend, professor of oceanography in the School of Marine Sciences, one of its 2022 Visionary Awards. The awards recognize individuals, businesses and organizations from each state and province bordering the Gulf of Maine for […]
Read moreBDN features Tasnim wild blueberry research
The Bangor Daily News featured Rafa Tasnim, University of Maine Ph.D. candidate in ecology and environmental sciences, and her research showing that wild blueberry fields in Down East Maine are warming faster than the state as a whole, and that fields experience warming differently, depending on their location, the season and the time of day, […]
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Minimum wage increases positively impacts women’s health, negatively impact men’s health
Increasing the minimum wage generally harms low-educated, low-income men’s health and improves women’s health in the same demographic categories, according to a University of Maine study. Income-based health disparities have worsened over the last few decades in the United States, according to a sweeping 2019 study using data from the Centers for Disease Control and […]
Read moreBirkel speaks to Maine Public about drought
Sean Birkel, research assistant professor at the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, assistant professor in UMaine Extension and state climatologist, was interviewed by Maine Public about the current drought in the state. Birkel said there have been reports of wells going dry, particularly in the southwestern part of Maine, and more heat […]
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