For Stephen Norton, lakes hold a treasure trove of precious scientific information. For the past 40 years, Norton, professor emeritus at the University of Maine, has studied lakes by evaluating sediment cores from around the world. Using the cores taken from the bottom of lakes, he is able to determine the age of the sediment […]
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University of Maine staff members Mark Hutton, Sean Birkel and John Rebar were cited in Portland Press Herald and Bangor Daily News articles about the impact of the drought in southern Maine. The Portland Press Herald piece indicated some fruits and vegetables — including tomatoes and watermelon — are faring well during the drought, but […]
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Locals and tourists flocking to the coast to eat fresh shellfish may not know about costs and risks that aquaculturists encounter getting the seafood to the table. One of the biggest issues for aquaculture farmers is selecting lease sites without knowing the physics and biology of the estuary environment, which can result in unpredictable productivity. […]
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Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist at the University of Maine, was the focus of a New York Times blog post by Andrew Revkin, a veteran environment writer for the paper. Revkin cited Gill’s work “achieving lead-author status as a graduate student in 2009 on a much-cited paper in Science that shed light on what did, and […]
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Dan Sandweiss, a professor of anthropology and quaternary and climate studies at the University of Maine, was elected Vice President for Chapter Development of the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society. Sandweiss, who also is director of UMaine’s School of Policy and International Affairs, was elected to the position on July 30 at the 2016 […]
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Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist at the University of Maine, spoke with The Atlantic magazine for the article, “The lonely, thirsty, final days of the doomed Alaskan mammoths.” According to the article, a team of scientists led by a Pennsylvania State University researcher have determined what killed a group of the creatures stranded for millennia on […]
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Sean Birkel, the Maine state climatologist and University of Maine research assistant professor with the Climate Change Institute, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network for the report, “Maine may have ‘Year Without a Summer’ to thank for its statehood.” 1816 — also known as the Year Without a Summer — was a harsh summer […]
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Robert Steneck, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, spoke with ABC News for a report about Maine lobsters. The news team traveled to Bar Harbor to determine why the crustacean off the coast of Maine is considered one of the most delicious and coveted on the planet, and if its survival […]
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Read transcript Over the last year, Rhian Waller, associate professor of marine science at the University of Maine, has been to the ends of the Earth to study how changing oceans are affecting cold-water corals and what those changes may eventually mean in places like the Gulf of Maine. Waller’s research team included three undergraduate […]
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University of Maine researchers were mentioned in the Bangor Daily News article, “How Acadia National Park may adapt to changes in the future.” Acadia National Park biologist Bill Gawley monitors air and water quality in the park, and for the past three years has worked with UMaine researchers on the Jordan Pond Buoy Project, according […]
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