A study conducted by researchers from Dartmouth College, University of Colorado Denver, and University of Maine was cited in the Atlas Obscura article, “New Guineans made intricately carved daggers from human bones.” For decades, groups in northern New Guinea used bone daggers during close combat, making anthropologists wonder how the weapons withstood the blunt force […]
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Andrew Thomas, an oceanography professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Portland Press Herald article about U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King urging the federal government to improve efforts to understand the causes and effects of the rapid warming of the Gulf of Maine, which threatens to disrupt traditional fisheries and […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) reported the Orono Bog Boardwalk will open for its 16th season May 1, with several improvements. After the boardwalk closed in mid October, a group of nearly 40 volunteers worked for hundreds of hours to install 96 new sections of the boardwalk, three wheelchair turnouts and two […]
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The Piscataquis Observer published the article, “UMaine wildlife scholars prove our future is in good hands,” by V. Paul Reynolds, editor of the Northwoods Sporting Journal. Every year, the New England Outdoor Writers Association (NEOWA) awards scholarships to a wildlife major from all six of New England’s land grant universities, according to Reynolds, who wrote […]
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Bradfield Lyon, an associate research professor in climate analysis at the University of Maine, spoke with National Geographic for the article, “The dangers of dzud, Mongolia’s lethal winters.” For the second time this decade, extreme winter conditions on the Mongolian steppe caused extensive die-offs of animals that traditional herding communities rely on for their survival, […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the Out of the Darkness Walk held at the University of Maine to raise awareness about and prevent suicide. About 200 people took part in the community walk hosted by the Maine chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the UMaine Counseling Center, WABI reported. Organizers said the […]
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Research from the University of Maine was mentioned in the Bangor Daily News editorial, “Look ahead to the vulnerability of Maine’s coast.” The sea off Maine’s coast is rising at a rate of about 1.9 millimeters per year, far faster than any time in the past 5,000 years, according to UMaine’s “Maine’s Climate Future: 2015 […]
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James McCleave, a University of Maine professor emeritus of marine sciences and a leading expert on eels, was quoted in the Maine Public report, “Why Maine is the only state in the US with a ‘significant’ elver fishery.” Eels start out as larvae and for the first few months of their lives, they float with […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a walk and rally held at the University of Maine to raise awareness about human trafficking. Since 2007, there have been more than 40,000 cases of human trafficking reported in the U.S., but it’s also an issue that often goes unreported, according to WABI. The student-run event was coordinated in […]
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Andrew Thomas, an oceanography professor at the University of Maine, co-wrote an opinion piece for the Sun Journal titled, “Trump’s ‘An American Budget’ is not good for Maine.” Thomas wrote the piece with Beverly Johnson, a professor of geology at Bates College; and Amanda Moeser, the owner of Lanes Island Oyster Co. in Yarmouth and […]
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