UMaine Researchers Among International Scientists Published in ‘Conservation Biology’
UMaine researchers among international scientists published in ‘Conservation Biology’
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UMaine Graduate Student Awarded Fellowship in D.C., Media Reports
According to an article that appeared in Boothbay Register, Noah Oppenheim, graduate student at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, was recently awarded a Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship.“I am humbled and grateful for the opportunity to pursue a career in marine affairs at the federal level through the Knauss Fellowship,” said Oppenheim. Rick Wahle, […]
Read moreUMaine Students, Staff Removing 11,000-year-old fossils from Cave, Media Report
University of Maine staff and students are taking part in a two-week field camp at Wind Cave National Park in Hot Springs, South Dakota. Jim Mead of East Tennessee State University is head of the multi-organization crew that will remove material that contains fossils from at least 22 species dating back 11,000 years. The crew […]
Read moreMedia Report on Maine Sea Grant, O’Chang Comics Video on Lobster, Climate Change
The Bangor Daily News and WCYY 94.3 FM reported the Maine Sea Grant Program at the University of Maine partnered with O’Chang Comics to produce a short video on lobsters and climate change. The video, which was based on the UMaine report “Maine’s Climate Future: 2015 Update,” explains how rising sea temperatures in southern New […]
Read moreConference to Highlight Maine Beach Concerns
Registration is open for the 10th annual Maine Beaches Conference, scheduled for July 17 at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland. The conference seeks to provide continuing opportunities for communication and exchange of the most current information among beach stakeholders with diverse interests. Charles S. Colgan, professor of public policy and management in the […]
Read moreOceanographers Part of International Team Studying Plankton, Maine Edge Reports
The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing UMaine researchers are part of a collaborative international team studying plankton. During expeditions aboard the research vessel Tara, researchers collected 35,000 samples from the world’s oceans. Data generated from the samples are providing unprecedented resources — including a catalog of several million new genes […]
Read moreUMaine Researchers Help Forge Planktonic Frontier
University of Maine oceanographers are part of a collaborative international team studying the microscopic world of plankton. During expeditions from 2009 to 2013 aboard Tara, researchers collected 35,000 samples from the world’s oceans. Data generated from the samples are providing unprecedented resources — including a catalog of several million new genes — expected to transform […]
Read moreLive Science Reports on Mayewski’s Antarctic Climate Change Research
Live Science reported on climate change research conducted by a team of scientists including Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. The article, “Million-year-old bubbles reveal Antarctica’s oldest climate snapshot,” focused on research led by John Higgins, a geochemist at Princeton University. Higgins’ co-authors included Mayewski; Michael Bender, also […]
Read moreBromley Quoted in Columbia Chronicle Article on Climate Change
Gordon Bromley, a research assistant professor at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, was quoted in a Columbia Chronicle article about a a meta-analysis by a University of Connecticut ecology and evolutionary biology professor that states the impact of global warming is more tangible and destructive than previously thought. Mark Urban’s study, which was […]
Read moreMPBN Reports on Doctoral Students Studying Snow-Soil Connection
The Maine Public Broadcasting Network reported on soil research being conducted by Corianne Tatariw and Kaizad Patel, University of Maine students who are pursuing doctoral degrees in ecology and environmental science. Tatariw and Patel are researching how seasonal climatic changes from winter to spring affect soil nutrient cycling and therefore the biology, chemistry and physical […]
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