CentralMaine.com highlighted an upcoming seminar, Sensational Seaweed, with University of Maine Ph.D. candidate Hannah Webber at 6 p.m. Aug. 20. This one-hour virtual event is sponsored by the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust. The event is free, but registration is required. More information is available online.
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Richard Wahle, research professor at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center and founder of the Lobster Settlement Index, was quoted in a Christian Science Monitor article highlighting the changing movement patterns of lobster in New England and the impact on the fishery.
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Editor’s note: story updated Aug. 18, 2020 Susan Brawley, professor of plant biology and cooperating professor of biological sciences in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, received one of two 2020 Awards of Excellence from the Phycological Society of America (PSA). Craig Schneider, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Biology at Trinity College, […]
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World-renowned explorer and glaciologist Paul Mayewski will talk about “Pushing Climate Change Research to the Roof of the World: Expedition Everest” 10-11:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 20 during the University of Maine Alumni Association’s free, live webcast. In 2019, the director of the Climate Change Institute led the National Geographic and Rolex mission by leading a […]
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A University of Maine marine scientist will investigate the processes affecting the abundance, diversity and movement of plankton populations in the Pacific Ocean. The National Science Foundation awarded Lee Karp-Boss, a professor with the School of Marine Sciences, about $370,000 for her research into the influences of Island Mass Effect on various planktonic communities. Emmanuel […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and the Portland Press Herald reported on a University of Maine study that found lobsters living in ocean water as warm and acidic as the Gulf of Maine is expected to be by the end of the century will be less able to cope with stress or fight off disease. While higher water […]
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The Association of College and University Printers (ACUP+) awarded University of Maine Printing Services a first-place platinum production award (large institution) for its work on a Darling Marine Center trifold recruitment brochure. “I am very proud of our staff for their outstanding work producing this brochure and for identifying this job as a competition worthy […]
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Rising ocean temperatures and acidification, which results from decreasing pH levels, can increase adolescent lobsters’ vulnerability to disease and impact their physiology, according to University of Maine scientists. Amalia Harrington studied the individual and combined effects of increased ocean acidification and warmth on adolescent, female American lobsters as a postdoctoral researcher at UMaine. Faculty from […]
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The Boothbay Register advanced Heather Leslie’s webinar at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 7 about strategies to combat climate change proposed by a Maine Climate Council working group. Leslie, director of the Darling Marine Center, will discuss the climate change initiatives recommended by the Coastal and Marine Working Group, which she serves as co-leader. The virtual talk […]
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Heather Leslie will present a webinar titled “Climate science and action for Maine’s coast and coastal communities” at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 7. Leslie is the director of the Darling Marine Center and an associate professor in the School of Marine Sciences. Since September 2019, she has co-led the Coastal and Marine Working Group of […]
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