USA Today, Climate Central, Popular Science and Climate News Network reported on a new study led by University of Maine glacial geologist Aaron Putnam. The study, published in the journal Science Advances, found as the world warms due to human-induced climate change, variations in the global distribution of rainfall can be expected, impacting water resources […]
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Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for an article about two confirmed Maine cases of the Powassan virus, which is transmitted primarily through deer tick bites. Both midcoast Maine residents were hospitalized with encephalitis in late April but have since been […]
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WABI (Channel 5) recently reported on University of Maine students who spent a week on Swan’s Island as part of a May Term travel-study course. “Maine Island Culture and Community Engagement” is a service-learning class where students volunteer part of each day at local organizations and businesses on Swan’s Island, located about six miles south […]
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Stephen Shaler, the director of the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for a feature on Adirondack chairs. The article looked at the different types — plastic and wood — that are available, as well as their environmental impacts. One important factor that should be included […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News article about the wild edible ostrich fern green that is being worked into a variety of appetizers and main dishes in restaurants around the state. While nearly all ferns do have a “fiddlehead,” according to UMaine Extension, it’s those of the ostrich […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the University of Maine’s 1940s theme tribute to World War II veterans. The event, hosted by the UMaine Office of Veterans Education and Transition Services (VETS) and the Maine Business School, included a free potluck lunch and sharing of stories. Veterans of the Korean War and Vietnam War, and people […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered a project by a University of Maine professor and two students that shares the unique way of life and some of the challenges of people who harvest clams for a living on the coast of Maine. For the Clam Cam project, clam harvesters from Freeport to Roque Bluffs wore chest-mounted GoPro […]
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University of Maine archaeologist Daniel Sandweiss talked with ScienceNews about new findings that indicate the earliest settlers of the Americas perhaps curtailed their coastal migration to stay in the area that’s now northwestern Peru. Excavations at two seaside sites in Peru determined that people intermittently stayed there from about 15,000 to 8,000 years ago, according […]
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Mary Ellen Camire, professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Maine, spoke with the Tribune News Service for a column about white asparagus that appeared in the Portland Press Herald. White asparagus grows in the absence of light under mounds of soil so the spears don’t have the opportunity to undergo […]
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The Lincoln County News covered the launch of a high-altitude balloon carrying experiments of students at Jefferson Village School and Bristol Consolidated School. The launch was part of the Maine Space Grant Consortium’s Maine Student High Altitude Platform Program, designed to increase student interest in STEM. Richard Eason, a University of Maine associate professor in […]
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