The U.S. Arctic Research Commission (USARC) will host its 113th public meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 24 at Buchanan Alumni House. The USARC meeting, the first ever in the state, will focus on Arctic research conducted by scientists in Maine and the region, and how the federal government can help advance that […]
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Maine’s forests and their associated wood products may offset as much as 75% of the state’s annual fossil fuel carbon emissions, and the highest carbon stock densities are in wetlands and salt marshes, according to a new University of Maine-led analysis. This initial assessment, “The State of Maine’s Carbon Budget,” analyzed available information to calculate […]
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WiSTEMM (Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine) will host a faculty lunch honoring the 2019 Presidential Award winners Feb. 12 at the University of Maine. Attendees can celebrate and learn from award winners 1–3 p.m. in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union. Award recipients are: Distinguished Maine Professor Award — Sandra Caron, […]
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Ferns have staying power. The vascular plants have existed for about 350 million years, even surviving nuclear winterlike conditions — global dimming, cooling and acid rain — 66 million years ago that wiped out dinosaurs and 75% of other animals and plants on Earth. Jacquelyn Gill, a University of Maine paleoecologist, will explore fern resilience […]
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NECN reported researchers at the University of Maine are studying ice cores from the world’s tallest mountain as part of National Geographic and Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Extreme Expedition to Mount Everest. Each layer of ice shows temperature and precipitation over the years, exposing how the climate was changing. Nearly 1 billion people in the Himalayas […]
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The second meeting of the Maine Climate Council on Jan. 29 in Augusta will focus on a report from the Science and Technical Subcommittee about the effects of climate change in the state. The subcommittee’s work in the past four months provides the initial scientific basis for the ongoing deliberations of the various working groups, […]
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Jacquelyn Gill’s “Warm Regards” was one of five nominees for “Best Green Podcast” at the iHeartRadio Podcast Awards 2020 on Friday, Jan. 17 in Los Angeles. And the University of Maine paleoecologist expects this coming season’s podcast will be even better. When the podcast began in 2016, it was the only one about climate change. […]
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The Sandwich Enterprise talked with University of Maine doctoral student Heather Clifford about her experience on the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition. “The expedition overall was quite an incredible experience; having little travel experience I had quite a few firsts,” said the 2011 graduate of Sandwich High School. “First time being in […]
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Three Maine Science Festival Pop-Up Events are planned for January, ahead of the full festival March 18–22. Science on Tap Hits the Road: Fermentation Edition, 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, Orchard Girls Cidery, 375 Main St., Kingfield. Jennifer Perry, University of Maine assistant professor of food microbiology, will give an overview of fermentation, and Orchard […]
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The Penobscot Times shared the University of Maine media release about the free, public exhibit “Maine’s Threatened Shell Middens: Losing a Link to Understanding our Past” in Hudson Museum’s Minsky Culture Lab. For generations, indigenous Wabanki people left heaps of harvested clams and oysters shells along the coast. Materials in the piles provide opportunities to […]
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