Marine Sciences

​​Brady among national experts on NOAA-led study of the climate change vulnerability of coastal habitats in the Northeast

A first-of-its-kind climate vulnerability assessment of 52 marine, estuarine and riverine habitats in the Northeast United States found more than half impacted negatively by climate change. Coastal habitats also are highly vulnerable, due in part to nonclimate, human-caused stressors, according to a NOAA-led research team that included Damian Brady, University of Maine associate professor of […]

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Jocelyn Cooper: Perspectives on deep-sea coral research

Jocelyn Cooper of Boxford, Massachusetts, is a University of Maine senior majoring in marine sciences with a concentration in marine biology. She is a UMaine Center for Undergraduate Research-Maine Space Grant Consortium Fellow and Brooke Olson Award recipient, conducting research in the Waller Lab, led by associate professor Rhian Waller, at UMaine’s Darling Marine Center, […]

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Mitchell Center tidal power impact research noted in Forecaster column

A column published in the Forecaster highlighted tidal power impact research from the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions has been conducting. Gayle Zydlewski and Teresa Johnson, faculty from the UMaine School of Marine Sciences, have been working with local stakeholders in the Cobscook Bay area to ensure that tidal […]

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Aquaculture North America interviews Bricknell about emerging parasites

Aquaculture North America interviewed Ian Bricknell, professor of aquaculture biology at the University of Maine, about emerging parasites among fish. “Aquatic parasites cost global finfish aquaculture around $9.6 billion a year and sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus rogercresseyi) represent around 11.5% of that,” said Bricknell.

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UM-Machias marine science class on the coast featuring Gayle Kraus

UMaine strives for global marine leadership

University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy will welcome more than 150 researchers, policy makers and coastal community partners to a blue economy virtual discussion at 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 18. The event will focus on the challenges and opportunities for Maine in the blue economy and how Maine’s public research university factors into solutions. Heather […]

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WCVB highlights UMaine-affiliated lobster research

WCVB (Channel 5 in Boston) reported on University of Maine-affiliated lobster research. The program explored research conducted at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm that was funded by the UMaine Lobster Institute. It also featured Marin Skincare, a startup founded by UMaine alumni Amber Boutiette and Patrick Breeding that sells a specialty skincare product made with […]

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Riess speaks to BDN about exploring, preserving shipwrecks

The Bangor Daily News interviewed Warren Riess, a research professor emeritus of history, anthropology and marine sciences at the University of Maine, about exploring and preserving shipwrecks. “When you approach an archaeology site you have to be more ethical than any other science,” he said. “At an archaeology site, you really have to be guided […]

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AP News reports on funding for UMaine baby lobster research

The Associated Press reported on University of Maine scientists receiving $400,000 to expand research into baby lobsters. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative awarded the funds, which will help researchers, including UMaine Lobster Institute director Rick Wahle, investigate the relationship between baby lobster’s food supply and both changes in ocean […]

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