Kirsten Vekasi, associate professor at the Department of Political Science and School of Policy and International Affairs at the University of Maine, and Stefano Tijerina, senior lecturer in management with the Maine Business School, spoke with the Portland Press Herald about proposed legislation that would, if passed, place a 10% tariff on all imported goods.
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The Bangor Daily News and News Center Maine highlighted University of Maine Men’s Hockey Senior defenseman David Breazeale and his nomination for the 2025 Hockey Humanitarian Award. Learn more on the UMaine Athletics website.
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, on the likelihood of a large fire developing in Maine. Birkel said the Northeast region of the country is more humid than the western part, but drought conditions in recent years have increased the […]
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WalletHub featured Daniel Puhlman, assistant professor of family studies at the University of Maine, as an expert on factors that attract families to live in certain states, and how those factors impact the well-being of families and child development. Puhlman said families have many factors to consider when choosing a place to settle, but each […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) interviewed Damian Brady, professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, on the threats climate change presents to the aquaculture industry. Brady said challenges to the industry extend beyond the Gulf of Maine’s warming waters — which he explained also presents new opportunities — […]
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Mainebiz interviewed Gayle Zydlewski, director of the Maine Sea Grant program at the University of Maine, on the state’s efforts to boost community resilience around the effects of climate change. Zydlewski said Gov. Janet Mills’ initiatives associated with the Maine Won’t Wait Climate Action Plan boosted momentum in the state to continue tackling climate change, […]
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The Maine Morning Star interviewed Theresa Burnham, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, on how the fishery industry is changing and the broader impact of those changes on the economy. “There are fewer variable professional fishermen than there were 20 years ago, but there are more fishermen fishing […]
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The Portland Press Herald and WABI (Channel 5) interviewed Angela Mech, assistant professor of forest entomology at the University of Maine, on the possibility for Mainers to see smaller browntail moth populations this spring than in previous years. Mech said she is “cautiously optimistic,” and that a fungus devastated populations this past summer. She and […]
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Maine Public interviewed Griffin Dill, integrated pest management specialist who manages the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab, on the midcoast is experiencing the highest rates of tick borne diseases in the state and how climate change is impacting tick populations. Dill said the deer tick is prone to drying out, so it seeks […]
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USA Today cited a data visualization from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute Climate Reanalyzer that showed how the temperature of air 6.5 feet above the sea surface has increased since 1979.
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