The Republican Journal highlighted an upcoming Zoom talk by Ivan Fernandez, a University of Maine professor of soil science and forest resources, titled “Maine’s Climate Future: The Role of Carbon Management in Farms and Forests.” The program, which will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 25, is part of the Belfast Garden Club Evening […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WCAX (Channel 3 in Burlington, Vermont) reported on a University of Vermont-led study involving University of Maine researchers that found that the mental and physical health among people in Maine and Vermont worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Hopefully, we can take the data that we have and use it to […]
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The Bangor Daily News featured a new economic impact report about Maine’s craft beer industry co-authored by the Maine Brewers’ Guild and University of Maine School of Economics. According to the report, as cited in the BDN, “breweries and related activities by their suppliers and employees contributed a total of $260.7 million to the Maine […]
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BBC News Brazil interviewed Brian Olsen, professor of ornithology and associate provost for student success and strategic initiatives at the University of Maine, about how a wayward Steller’s sea eagle — a rare bird native to northern Asia — could have wandered into the U.S., particularly in Boothbay Harbor. “Becoming wandering is usually a combination […]
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The Courier-Gazette advanced a presentation led by Allison Brehm, a doctoral candidate in ecology and environmental science at the University of Maine, about how the individual personalities of wildlife affect surrounding forest ecosystems. The Merryspring Nature Center will host the presentation at noon on Feb. 1.
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Spectrum News advanced a survey from the University of Maine School of Forest Resources that asks forest managers and owners to describe their level of concern about the emerald ash borer and their understanding of its impacts. The survey can be found online.
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The Darien Times and Fairfield Citizen highlighted a lecture by Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, titled “The Arctic, New England and the First Abrupt Climate Change Event in the Modern Era.” The Darien Community Association hosted the talk as part of its Academic Lecture Series.
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United Press International (UPI) interviewed Damian Brady, an associate professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine; Amalia Harrington, a Maine Sea Grant marine Extension associate; and Andrew Goode, a UMaine postdoctoral researcher, about how climate change threatens Maine’s lobster industry and efforts to better understand those possible ramifications. “We’re not too hot for […]
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Jade McNamara, a University of Maine assistant professor of human nutrition, spoke to the Bangor Daily News and WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) about the creation of a new Maine Farm to School Institute, an effort she is leading. The institute will train school communities and other stakeholders to establish their own farm to school […]
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Benjamin King, University of Maine assistant professor of bioinformatics, testified Jan. 10 to the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee on behalf of the University of Maine in support of LD 1771 to establish an advisory panel to better understand and make recommendations regarding the implications of genome-editing technology for Maine. A copy of his […]
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