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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WBZN (Z107.3 FM) noted that its story titled “UMaine’s pilot study on the browntail moth could be a game changer” was one of its most popular in 2021.
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The Maine Science Podcast featured Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, on its latest episode. In the episode, Birkel discusses his work, which includes creating and managing the Climate Reanalyzer and supporting The Warming Sea project, and his passion for science. The podcast, a […]
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Hydrogeologist Andrew Reeve, a University of Maine professor of Earth sciences, will spend the spring 2022 semester as a Fulbright-Garcia-Robles Scholar in Mexico. Reeve will collaborate with Flor Arcega Cabrera at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Sisal, whose research focuses on geochemistry and environmental pollution. Reeve will assist with an ongoing project studying […]
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Ivan Fernandez and William Livingston, two faculty researchers with the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, spoke with Maine Public about the threats climate change poses to evergreens in the state. Fernandez, a University of Maine professor of soil science and forest resources and co-chair of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the Maine […]
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