Aaron Weiskittel, an associate professor of forest biometrics at the University of Maine, and Jason Lilley, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension sustainable agriculture and maple professional, were featured in Maine Public discussing the impact of climate change on maple production. Weiskittel, who was part of a team of researchers that four years ago analyzed […]
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WFVX (Fox 22/Channel 7 Bangor) featured research conducted at the University of Maine about how animals’ personalities impact the way they shape the environment around them. Allison Brehm, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Conservation Biology at the UMaine and principal author of the study, explained that deer mice who are […]
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The American marten is more than just Maine’s cutest carnivore. The marten, which is prevalent throughout the state’s forests, can tell scientists a lot about the population dynamics of a number of other mammals, but forest disruptions and climate change threaten the species’ existence. A group of University of Maine researchers led by Alessio Mortelliti, […]
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Just like people, animals have personalities — and, like people, these individual differences in behavior may determine what role an animal plays in building the world around it. “Mutualisms” are symbiotic relationships between animals: clownfish keeping stinging sea anemones clean in exchange for protection, or bats providing nutritious guano to pitcher plants as they provide […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot shared information about an upcoming presentation by University of Maine Ph.D. student Julia Sunnarborg about the principles of environmental DNA. The online webinar will take place at noon on Tuesday, April 19, and is hosted by Merryspring Nature Center.
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Diane Kopec, faculty fellow at the George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, about the difference between mercury contamination and PFAS contamination in Maine’s fish. Kopec told the BDN that while mercury tends to collect in fish muscle, PFAS contamination appears to be more widespread throughout the fish, which could […]
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Angela Mech, assistant professor of forest entomology, was interviewed for WGME Portland about Maine currently suffering through the worst infestation of browntail moths since they were first introduced to the state around the turn of the 20th century, more than 100 years ago. The current outbreak, which started in 2015, festered quietly for several years […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Mount Desert Islander reported on a University of Maine and Maine Medical Center study illustrating how Lyme disease-causing ticks have increased in Maine. The researchers suggested that the emergence of blacklegged ticks in the Holt Research Forest could be linked in part to climate change and an increase in the […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk on bringing together diverse interests to slow the spread of the invasive emerald ash borer and protect Maine’s ash trees on Monday, April 11, 3–4 p.m. The emerald ash borer poses a potentially devastating threat to all […]
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The 2022 Maine Food Waste Solutions Summit will be held virtually on Friday, April 15, from 9 a.m.–noon. This year’s theme is “Improving Maine’s Food System.” Food waste data is grim. The Natural Resources Defense Council estimates that 40% of food produced is never eaten, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture finds that this waste […]
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