The Bangor Daily News highlighted Allessandro Mereghetti’s analysis of coprolites — also called fossilized feces — from Siberia that date back to the last ice age. These coprolites, according to the Ph.D. student in ecology and environmental sciences at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, will give insights into which animals lived there more […]
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On the north coast of Peru, researchers have discovered the oldest adobe architecture in the Americas, constructed with ancient mud bricks carved from natural clay deposits created by floods caused by El Nino. The pre-Hispanic bricks — carved from sedimentary layers versus created by mixing clay, temper and water — date the invention of adobe […]
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Mainebiz, WABI (Channel 5) the Bangor Daily News, Maine Public and WBTS (Channel 10 in Boston) reported on University of Maine research to develop potatoes that are more resistant to climate change. “The predictions for climate change are heavier rainfall events, and potatoes don’t tolerate flooding or wet conditions for long without having other quality […]
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Aquaculture North America interviewed Ian Bricknell, professor of aquaculture biology at the University of Maine, about emerging parasites among fish. “Aquatic parasites cost global finfish aquaculture around $9.6 billion a year and sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus rogercresseyi) represent around 11.5% of that,” said Bricknell.
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The Sun Journal and Centralmaine.com highlighted an upcoming talk hosted by the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions about some of the challenges faced by municipal governments and how municipalities can help implement state policy priorities. The talk will be held from 3–4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 29, via Zoom […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk about some of the challenges faced by municipal governments and how municipalities can help implement state policy priorities from 3–4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 29. Maine has historically relied on municipal governments to provide a variety of […]
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The University of Maine is calling attention to the blue economy conversation and its goal of providing global marine leadership with a light-hearted drive to go viral with a YouTube video promoting the safe handling and consumption of lobster. The featured University of Maine Cooperative Extension video has helped more than 1.8 million viewers safely […]
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Science Friday, a science news and education program show, featured two University of Maine researchers in a new video segment about wild blueberries. Rafa Tasnim, a Ph.D. student in ecology and environmental sciences at UMaine, and Lily Calderwood, an assistant professor of horticulture with the UMaine School of Food and Agriculture and a wild blueberry […]
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New research from the University of Maine and University of Vermont discovered that residents in their respective states grew, fished, raised, foraged or hunted more of their own food during the COVID-19 pandemic. Food insecurity spiked in the Northeast as a result of the pandemic, prompting many families to increase the amount of food they […]
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The Bangor Daily News, the Portland Press Herald, the Penobscot Bay Pilot and The Franklin Journal and Morning Ag Clips highlighted a University of Maine-led effort to create a Maine Farm to School Institute. Jade McNamara, assistant professor of human nutrition, is spearheading development of the institute, which will help rural middle and high schools […]
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