The Washington Post cited a study co-written by a University of Maine researcher in an article about accelerated melting of Greenland. The study found that levels of melting in Greenland have reached unprecedented rates compared to the past 450 years. Sean Birkel, Maine’s state climatologist and a research assistant professor at UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, […]
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Members of the University of Maine student group, Ewe Maine Icelandics Club, spoke with WABI (Channel 5) about lambing season at UMaine’s J.F. Witter Teaching and Research Center. Every spring, the students spend most of their time at the farm because that’s when the sheep are giving birth, according to the report. “You’re at the […]
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Maine Public spoke with Rick Wahle, a research professor at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, for the report, “New research shows ‘strong correlation’ between baby lobster decline, possible food source.” Joshua Carloni, a research scientist in New Hampshire’s Fish and Game Division, recently wanted to explore why, at a time when the waters […]
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The February/March 2018 issue of the Maine Better Transportation Association’s (MBTA) Maine Trails magazine featured an article on the planned construction of the University of Maine’s new Engineering Education and Design Center, funded in part by a recent $10 million gift from an anonymous donor. The new building will be a place for students to […]
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KMVT of Southern Idaho spoke with Mindy Crandall, an assistant professor of forest landscape management at the University of Maine, for the report, “Maine timber advocate pushes for high-rise buildings.” The roots of Maine’s timber industry are weakening with less demand for paper, according to the report. “We lost about five pulp and paper mills […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Kate Garland, a horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about companion gardening, the practice in which certain plants improve each other’s health and yields when grown together. “People have been [companion gardening] for as long as there has been gardening,” Garland said. “I think we […]
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Steve Eddy, director of the Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Undercurrent News article, “Oysters, not lobsters, are leading seafood growth from Maine thanks to ‘insatiable’ demand.” The oyster trend has been building for several years, while Maine’s lobster supply declined during the last two years, according […]
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A 2009 study led by the National Wildlife Federation in collaboration with University of Maine researchers was cited in a Maine Public report on the invasive emerald ash borer. The insect threatens to kill all of Maine’s ash trees and the roots of tribal culture, according to the article. For members of the region’s Wabanaki […]
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The Sun Journal published an article on Dennis Connelly, a master gardener and food preservationist certified with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Connelly volunteers at the Police Activities League Center in Auburn and the Dempsey Center in Lewiston, according to the article. In about a week, he and the children at the PAL Center […]
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Tulsa World cited a 2008 University of Maine study in an article about shining a light on hazing in high school athletics. Last year, the Associated Press discovered more than 70 cases of sexual assault perpetrated by high school athletes on teammates over a five-year period, according to the article. “I talked to a parent […]
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