Registration is open for an innovative four-week college STEM research course for qualified high school students (rising 11th–12th grade) offered by the University of Maine, July 18–August 11 in Orono. Sections of this course are offered at the UMaine Hutchinson Center and UMaine Machias on the same dates. Introduction to Integrated Science and Career Exploration […]
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In an article about the risk posed to soft-shell clam fisheries by climate change, News Center Maine cited information from Maine Sea Grant at the University of Maine, stating that clamming is a $67.5 million industry in the state. Clamming often ranks second or third in Maine’s seafood industries, with lobsters taking the top spot.
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Science Daily, the Corvallis Advocate, Scienmag, Today UK News, Tech Codex, Biz News Post and the Daily Check shared a study that shows more than 98% of U.S. waters outside the central Pacific Ocean are not part of a marine protected area, and the ones that are tend toward “lightly” or “minimally” protected from damaging […]
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The Bangor Daily News and the Lincoln County News reported that more than 20 undergraduate and high school student interns will participate in research projects this summer at the Darling Marine Center’s Walpole campus and nearby field sites on topics ranging from the biology of oysters and lobsters to the physics and chemistry of the […]
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Scientists, students and staff at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center are gearing up for a busy summer season. More than 20 undergraduate and high school student interns will participate in research projects this summer at the DMC’s Walpole campus and nearby field sites on topics ranging from the biology of oysters and lobsters […]
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The Bangor Daily News highlighted research done by Brian Beal, a marine ecology professor at the University of Maine at Machias. Beal’s research focuses on determining if large soft-shell clams produce more eggs than smaller soft-shell clams. Beal’s findings will provide data to make decisions for the future of the clam fishery.
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David Townsend, professor of oceanography at the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine, was interviewed by Scientific American about fish farming in Maine. Townsend said that the state has two important attributes for fish cultivation: cold, nutrient-rich water and extremely vigorous tides that distribute those nutrients throughout the water column. “Our coastal […]
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Bonnie Newsom, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Maine and member of the Penobscot Indian Nation, and Alice Kelley, research associate professor at the Climate Change Institute, co-authored a study showing that oyster fisheries were intensively yet sustainably harvested by Indigenous peoples long before European settlers arrived. The study, co-led by Smithsonian’s National […]
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Efforts to reduce the risk of entanglement in lobster trap lines for the endangered North Atlantic right whale may need to consider more factors than just line strength if they want to be safe, effective and economical, according to new research led by the University of Maine and the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR). […]
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Heather Leslie was interviewed by the Lincoln County News about her role as director of the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole. “I like to call this the Woods Hole of the North. … you have hundreds of people, trained scientists and other professionals, working on marine science and education issues. We’re spread […]
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