Kristen Grant, senior Extension program manager for coastal community resilience, and diversity, equity and inclusion at the Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension at the Wells Reserve, was a VIP caller on Maine Public’s show Maine Calling for the final program in a series about resilience.
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In an explainer on agrovoltaics, or adding solar energy developments to agricultural lands, HowStuffWorks noted that one of the largest agrivoltaics sites in the U.S. is a blueberry farm in Rockport, Maine. Researchers from University of Maine Cooperative Extension are evaluating the impact of the installation and will also see how the crops fare under […]
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News Center Maine, WFVX-TV (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor), the Mirage, Medical Xpress, Public News Time, News Medical and other outlets reported that researchers at the University of Maine and University of Massachusetts Amherst have designed new liquid-coated air filters that allow for improved early detection and analysis of airborne bacteria and viruses, including the […]
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The Ellsworth American shared information about a talk by Neil Comins, professor of physics at the University of Maine, at the Wilson Museum titled “Solar System Origins: When and Where the Solar System Came From” on Dec. 15, from 3–4 p.m. To receive the Zoom link, email Haley at education@wilsonmuseum.org with the subject line “Solar […]
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In an article about the warming Arctic regions of Alaska, the Associated Press and Washington Post cited information from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer that showed last Sunday, the Arctic as a whole averaged 11.5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the 1979-2000 average temperature. The following Monday, Climate Reanalyzer’s computer models showed that average to […]
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In an article about the first-ever auction of offshore wind leases in California, Cal Matters spoke to Habib Dagher, founding executive director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. “There’s a lot of opportunities, but there’s also some challenges. California has deeper waters than any other areas with these floating turbines so […]
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The Bangor Daily News, MaineBiz, Engineering News-Record: New England and WABI-TV (Channel 5) reported that the Governor’s Energy Office’s Clean Energy Partnership program awarded the University of Maine $266,669 for OffshoreWind4Maine, an initiative led by Amrit Verma, assistant professor of mechanical engineering. The program will offer hands-on curricula that will give high school and UMaine […]
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The Sun Journal and CentralMaine.com shared that the Oxford County Soil & Water Conservation District (OCSWCD) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will hold a public meeting of the Oxford County USDA Local Working Group on Dec. 14, 10 a.m. at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Oxford County Office.
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The Sun Journal, CentralMaine.com, Turner Publishing Incorporated and the Bangor Daily News reported that Ben Brooks, a University of Maine senior from Monmouth majoring in electrical engineering technology with a concentration in power engineering, is one of 75 students in the U.S. to be awarded an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers scholarship. Brooks plans […]
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Ivan Fernandez, professor at the University of Maine School of Forest Resources and Climate Change Institute, was a panelist on Maine Public’s show Maine Calling about the importance of soil in human lives and for the planet.
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