Several media outlets ran the announcement that a group of 19 scientists, including UMaine’s Jasmine Saros, contributed to a study that found a rise in nitrogen levels in remote lakes was likely due to human activity. The Vancouver Sun had a story about the announcement, which came from the University of Washington and was published […]
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University of Maine ecologist Jasmine Saros provided research for a groundbreaking finding about the long-term effects of pollution published in the Dec. 16 issue of the journal Science.
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University of Maine industrial ecologist and certified Life Cycle Assessment professional Anthony Halog has received a $150,000 federal grant to create a comprehensive new online database to allow researchers, scientists and industrialists to assess ecological, social and economic implications of new and emerging products, starting with wood-based biofuels.
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Maine’s beech trees have been under attack for decades by a disease that typically shows up as disfiguring cankers on a tree species that is supposed to have a smooth and silvery bark. Affected trees grow slowly and can survive for years. Unfortunately, the diseased trees produce few beechnuts, a loss of an important food source […]
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A Bangor Daily News article about the SteriPEN, a compact water purifier which was recently named one of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 All-Time Gadgets, noted that some of the research for the device was done in laboratories at UMaine in the department of molecular and biological sciences. The article noted that the company turned to […]
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An article in the Bangor Daily News about a proposed liquid natural gas terminal in Down East Maine cited a UMaine study which found an LNG terminal would create 90 operational jobs, 350 construction jobs and 230 “indirect” jobs in the region. The study was prepared in 2005 by UMaine economists Todd Gabe and Jonathan […]
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Efforts by the Knowledge Transfer Alliance (KTA) and Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) to help a Brewer manufacturer that retrofits shipping containers into housing units were mentioned in a Bangor Daily News story. The KTA is an initiative within UMaine’s School of Economics that helps Maine communities and businesses overcome hardships cause by economic or natural […]
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The coastal Knox VillageSoup reported comments from U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree about the importance of the Northeast Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems weather buoys, formerly known as GMOOS, managed by a partnership that includes the University of Maine. NOAA has agreed to maintain funding for the program, which informs mariners and fishing vessels […]
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ORONO, Maine – Clams of all kind are big business in New England, but the razor or jackknife clam, while worth between $2.50 and $6 per pound, has not been a focus of clam diggers. The elongated, elusive bivalve is hard to dig from the mud and usually only accessible at extremely low tides, resulting […]
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Adrienne Kearney, a UMaine macroeconomist who studies international finance, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News story about how the financial crisis in Europe could affect Maine businesses. Kearney told the BDN a slowdown in consumer spending in Europe would affect Asia, which exports much of its goods to that region, where China and Malaysia […]
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