National Parks Traveler and Spectrum News reported on a University of Maine-led study which found that there are an estimated 400 billion microplastic fibers on the surface of Frenchman Bay and several connected rivers and estuaries where freshwater from rivers meet salty seawater. The watershed contains an average of 1.8 fibers per liter of water.
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From the piers in Casco Bay to the marinas of the midcoast and wharves along Downeast shorelines, working waterfronts are crucial to Maine’s economy and communities. Faced with the threat of rising sea levels, stronger and more frequent storms, aging infrastructure and development pressures, Gov. Janet Mills and her administration have developed strategies and nature-based […]
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Along the shores of Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor and the Schoodic Peninsula are the vast, briny waters of Frenchman Bay. With 98 square miles of water and 39 islands, the bay is vital to shorebirds, fish, lobstermen and outdoor recreationists. University of Maine researchers, however, have discovered that Frenchman Bay and its tributaries are […]
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Between late 2019 and early 2020, workers were installing offshore wind turbines (OWTs) off the coasts of Germany in the North Sea that would provide 200 megawatts of offshore wind power. Amid rough ocean waves and high winds, a jack-up crane vessel would lift a blade several hundred meters high to connect it to the […]
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The University of Maine recognized 3,070 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the spring 2024 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 2,064 are from Maine, 962 are from 40 other states and 44 are from 17 countries other than the U.S. To be eligible for the full-time Dean’s List, a student […]
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WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor), Mainebiz and News Center Maine announced the grand opening of Tyler Technologies in Orono, an effort by the company to encourage greater collaboration with the University of Maine. Tyler Technologies initiated a partnership with UMaine’s Foster Center for Innovation in 2021 for the annual Maine App Challenge, allowing high school […]
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Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect the successful launch of Maine’s first satellite into orbit early morning on Thursday, July 4. Maine’s first research satellite launched into the stratosphere in the early morning on Thursday, July 4. During its six-month to two-year orbit, MESAT1 will use its astronomical view to gather climate […]
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Mainebiz, the Houston Chronicle, the Arizona Republic, Hoodline, WGME (CBS 13 in Portland), the Portland Press Herald, Space.com, the Daily Galaxy and Spectrum News announced the upcoming launch of MESAT1, Maine’s first small research satellite, by Firefly Aerospace. The satellite will provide students and teachers in Maine access to space data for educational and research […]
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The Portland Press Herald and News Center Maine reported on the inaugural artificial intelligence conference hosted by the University of Maine and held at the University of Southern Maine in Portland on Friday, June 14. Leaders in business, government and academia participated in panel discussions aimed at helping the state’s businesses know how they can […]
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News Center Maine reported on research from University of Maine professors and a graduate student exploring a new, cost-effective method to mitigate soil liquefaction, a damaging side effect of earthquakes that turns water saturated soil into a liquid state. Lead researcher Aaron Gallant, an associate professor of geotechnical engineering at UMaine, said events such as […]
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