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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Alessio Mortelliti, a University of Maine wildlife ecologist, was featured in the Toronto Star for his research studying the behavior of small rodents in the Penobscot Experimental Forest in Maine. The column, which focused on the charming behavior of red squirrels in the writer’s local park, highlighted a UMaine video featuring Mortelliti and his research. […]
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The Associated Press and News Center Maine reported on research from the University of Maine and Maine Medical Center Research Institute’s Lyme & Vector-Borne Disease Laboratory that shows blacklegged ticks, which can transmit Lyme disease, have been increasing in abundance in a forest in the midcoast region over the last three decades. The Bangor Daily […]
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Aram Calhoun, professor of wetland ecology at the University of Maine, spoke with Seacoastonline about the spring phenomenon of the “Big Night” migration of amphibians to vernal pools. Calhoun said that some species of amphibian travel hundreds of feet, some travel miles, and that she has tracked them over mountain tops as they leave vernal […]
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Griffin Dill, director of the University of Maine Tick Lab, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News about the fact that antibodies for Heartland virus have shown up on blood samples taken from deer in Maine. Dill said, “It’s something to be aware of. It could potentially appear here but it could be one of […]
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USA Today, Staten Island Live and Metro (United Kingdom) featured data from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer in an article about North and South Pole warming. According to the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer, which is based on the U.S. National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration weather models, the Arctic as a whole was 6 degrees […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk on how forest management practices may affect ticks and tick-borne disease 3–4 p.m. on Monday, March 28. Maine has seen a five-fold increase in the incidence of Lyme disease, which is transmitted by the black-legged tick, over the […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared information about a talk on how forest management practices may affect ticks and tick-borne disease on March 28 from 3–4 p.m., hosted by Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Allison Gardner, assistant professor in the School of Biology and Ecology at UMaine, will discuss results from the project […]
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The UMaine Arts Initiative (UMAI) is pleased to announce winners of a new competitive seed grant program, created to encourage innovative and interdisciplinary collaborations that seek to build a diverse, inclusive, sustainable and equitable community of art researchers, practitioners, supporters and promoters. The University of Maine Arts Initiative, launched in 2021 by the Office of […]
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In an article about reversing falls in Maine, Q106.5 featured a webpage by Maine Sea Grant about the phenomenon and where it can be seen across the state. Reversing falls are a rare phenomenon in inlets where freshwater meets the ocean. Water from the ocean will start flowing into the inlet of a river creating a […]
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