UMaine Scientists in Mongolia Seek to Learn About Processes That Launch Earth Out of an Ice Age
UMaine scientists in Mongolia seek to learn about processes that launch Earth out of an ice age.
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Steneck Delivers Coral Reef Address on World Oceans Day in Dominican Republic
Steneck delivers coral reef address on World Oceans Day in Dominican Republic.
Read moreGlobal Warming, Maine’s Lobster Industry Parody Featured in Portland Press Herald Article
The animation, “A Climate Calamity in the Gulf of Maine: The Lobster Pot Heats Up,” — produced by a husband and wife animation team in Rockland and funded by the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine — was featured in an article in the Portland Press Herald.
Read moreKelly Quoted in Article Opposing Maine Dredging Plans
More than 100 people were present for the public meeting at Searsport District High school to discuss the plan to deepen and widen the navigation channel at Mack Point marine terminal, reported The Republican Journal. Opponents of the plan fear that dredging will disperse toxic materials that were left over decades of heavy industry around […]
Read morePortland Selected to Host Global Arctic Conference in 2016, Opportunities for UMaine Researchers
The State Department has chosen Portland to host an international forum on the Arctic next year, reports the Portland Press Herald. This will be the first time a meeting in the United States will be held outside of Alaska. Approximately 250 delegates are expected to attend the forum including scientists, business leaders and senior government […]
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UMaine Scientists Taking Part in Dig at Wind Cave National Park
UMaine scientists taking part in dig at Wind Cave National Park.
Read moreRapid City Journal Mentions UMaine Researcher, Student at Wind Cave National Park Dig
University of Maine researcher Jacquelyn Gill and student Chason Frost were mentioned in a story about an excavation at Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota in the Rapid City Journal. The story compared Frost to a Gold Rush-era prospector who “carefully bathed a pan full of rock and course (sic) sediment in a small […]
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UMaine Researchers Among International Scientists Published in ‘Conservation Biology’
UMaine researchers among international scientists published in ‘Conservation Biology’
Read moreUMaine 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 […]
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