Bob Bayer, director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, was interviewed for a Fox News report about a red lobster that was discovered at a Burger & Lobster restaurant in New York City. The lobster, named Ruby, was received in a shipment from Nova Scotia and will find a new home at […]
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Kathy Savoie, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and home food preservation expert, was featured in the National Public Radio (NPR) report, “What makes a jam a jam? Surge in savory spreads presents riddles for purists.” According to Datassential, a market research company that studies menu trends, savory jams are experiencing a surge in […]
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The University of Maine’s Process Development Center and its recent partnership with Twin Rivers Paper Co. was the focus of a Mainebiz cover story. The specialty paper company, which announced in June it will invest $12 million to upgrade its Madawaska paper mill, is moving its research and development operations from Montreal to Orono, according […]
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Mark Wells, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, was quoted in a National Geographic report about how spreading toxic algae blooms, perhaps accelerated by ocean warming and other climate shifts, are poisoning marine life and people. It’s been understood for decades that nutrients, such as fertilizer and livestock waste that flush […]
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Mainebiz reported on research being conducted at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole that seeks to take the risk out of selecting aquaculture sites by using buoys, sensors and other instrumentation to monitor water conditions for optimal growth of particular species. “The aquaculture industry in Maine in the last five to 10 […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Jonathan Rubin, an economics professor at the University of Maine, for an article about biofuel research in the state. Efforts to develop a wood-based biofuel, particularly jet fuel, from Maine’s abundant timberland got a boost last month when the U.S. Department of Defense announced a $3.3 million investment into […]
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David Yarborough, a blueberry specialist with the University of Maine’s Cooperative Extension and a professor of horticulture in the School of Food and Agriculture, spoke with the Kennebec Journal for an article about wild blueberries on Mount Pisgah in Winthrop. Conservationists with the Kennebec Land Trust, an organization that manages Mount Pisgah, said highbush blueberries […]
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University of Maine graduate student Jill Peto was included in the National Geographic series, “20 Under 30: The Next Generation of National Park Leaders.” The feature on Pelto, titled “This artist turns dull data into art — and a call to action,” focuses on her environmental artwork that convey climate change in North Cascades National […]
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A tweet composed by Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist at the University of Maine, was included in a Washington Post article about recent climate change comments made by Green Party presidential candidate and medical doctor Jill Stein. Stein, who has been criticized previously for statements on scientific topics such as vaccines and genetically modified organisms, is […]
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John Rebar, executive director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News article, “Thinking like a desert farmer helps Maine grower cope with drought.” Since May, a succession of hot, dry, rainless days have dominated around the state, according to the article. For many farmers in Sagadahoc, Androscoggin, Cumberland […]
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