The Bangor Daily News reported on a study which revealed that imaging spectroscopy can help predict water stress in wild blueberry barrens. “Warming and drought exacerbated by climate change have compounded their struggles in recent years, alongside freezing and pathogens,” said lead researcher Catherine Chan, a University of Maine graduate student. “There has been an […]
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Adam Daigneault spoke with the Bangor Daily News about how harvesting more biomass for wood pellet fuel for heating would affect forest health and management. “Basically, the state of Maine’s forests is that the forests are overstocked or overcrowded,” said Daigneault, University of Maine E.L. Giddings Associate Professor of Forest Policy and Economics. “That’s leaving […]
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Jacquelyn Gill spoke to the Bangor Daily News about the prospect of Maine switching from Eastern Standard Time to Atlantic Standard Time. “How far east we are in the time zone doesn’t affect how much sunlight we get; it affects when that daylight falls on the clock,” said Gill, an associate professor of paleoecology and […]
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Kimberly Miner, a research assistant professor with the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, will participate in the panel STEAM Superstars on Nov. 27 during San Diego Comic-Con Special Edition. Miner, a UMaine alumna who also is a scientist with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, will join other women scientists and engineers who incorporate art and […]
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The Bangor Daily News highlighted Allessandro Mereghetti’s analysis of coprolites — also called fossilized feces — from Siberia that date back to the last ice age. These coprolites, according to the Ph.D. student in ecology and environmental sciences at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, will give insights into which animals lived there more […]
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On the north coast of Peru, researchers have discovered the oldest adobe architecture in the Americas, constructed with ancient mud bricks carved from natural clay deposits created by floods caused by El Nino. The pre-Hispanic bricks — carved from sedimentary layers versus created by mixing clay, temper and water — date the invention of adobe […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine was awarded a $99,894 grant to investigate using fertilizers, pollination and soil amendments to bolster wild blueberry resilience to global warming. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grant program.
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Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, was featured on a recent segment of “Maine Calling” by Maine Public about how climate change is affecting severe weather in the state. The program is part of Maine Public’s new series “Climate Driven: A Deep Dive into […]
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The Bangor Daily News cited two studies from University of Maine researchers in an article about how climate change threatens winter outdoor activities. The story included information from the 2020 Maine’s Climate Future report and a 2020 study UMaine researchers worked on with the Maine Snowmobile Association. The Piscataquis Observer shared the BDN article.
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The University of Maine was among colleges and universities worldwide receiving top honors for its sustainability efforts from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). UMaine was one of the 16 top performers nationally and internationally in the Grounds category, one of AASHE’s sustainability impact areas, focused on campus land management, […]
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