Aaron Putnam, a research associate at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, is a co-author of a journal article for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). Wallace S. Broecker, Newberry Professor of Geology at Columbia University’s The Earth Institute, is the lead author of the article […]
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An effort by the state to save a Popham Beach bathhouse with a temporary seawall of fallen trees and beach scraping is an example of an appropriate engineering endeavor to save beach-front property without harming the landscape, according to research by a University of Maine professor. Joseph Kelley, professor of marine geology in the University […]
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University of Maine marine scientist Rhian Waller shares experiences and photographs from her recent deep-sea coral expedition in Chile in her blogs on the National Geographic website. In September, Waller traveled to Huinay Scientific Field Station near the northern Patagonian fjords to collect final samples from a yearlong deep-sea coral monitoring program studying how climate […]
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Katherine Mills, a research scientist at the University of Maine and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI), and Harold Borns, founder of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, were interviewed by the Bangor Daily News for the article “Climate, ecosystem linkages explain salmon declines in Maine rivers.” The article also referenced a study […]
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Alaska Dispatch reported on a collaborative ice core-drilling project in Alaska’s Denali National Park by the University of Maine, Dartmouth University and the University of New Hampshire. UMaine researchers include climate change scientist Karl Kreutz, Research Assistant Professor Sean Birkel and graduate students Seth Campbell and Tim Godaire. The project aims to help researchers better […]
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ThinkProgress spoke with Robert Steneck, professor in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, and Andrew Pershing, professor in the Gulf of Maine Research Institute at UMaine, for the article “Lobster bubble: Maine’s lobster boom, and why experts predict a dramatic bust.” Steneck and Pershing spoke about the warming temperatures […]
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FIS, the website of Fish Information and Services, and the Bangor Daily News are among the latest organizations to report on research by Noah Oppenheim, a marine biology graduate student at the University of Maine, that suggests climate change is creating cannibalism among lobsters. Oppenheim came to the discovery after capturing on an underwater camera […]
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Ten-state study focuses on Hurricane Sandy’s effects on tidal marsh birds, plants.
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MsnNOW, Gawker, The Inquisitr and The Week were among news organizations to report on research by Noah Oppenheim, a marine biology graduate student at the University of Maine. Oppenheim’s research suggests climate change is creating cannibalism among lobsters. He came to the discovery after capturing on an underwater camera adult lobsters eating adolescent ones.
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Mother Jones carried a Climate Desk report on research by Noah Oppenheim, a marine biology graduate student at the University of Maine, that suggests climate change is creating cannibalism among lobsters. Oppenheim came to the discovery after capturing on an underwater camera adult lobsters eating adolescent ones. The Climate Desk is a collaboration between Mother Jones, […]
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