In an article about a rare blue lobster caught off Beal’s Lobster Pier in Southwest Harbor, WFVX-TV (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) noted information from the University of Maine Lobster Institute explaining the blue hue comes from a genetic defect that causes the lobster to make excessive amounts of a protein that creates the color.
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Emmanual Boss, University of Maine professor of oceanography, spoke to Eos, Science News and Hunan TV’s program “Seeking Truth in News” about a new global study he co-authored showing that the ocean’s color has changed significantly over the last 20 years, likely as a consequence of human-induced climate change. “The bacteria are very happy. There […]
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The Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) announced that associate professors Lauren Ross and Sean Smith received the 2023 Donald W. Pritchard Outstanding Physical Oceanography Paper Award for “Coastal Hydrodynamics and Timescales in Meso-Macrotidal Estuaries in the Gulf of Maine: a Model Study.” Ross and Smith co-authored the paper with Sohaib Alahmed, former UMaine student […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that University of Maine professor of marine sciences and director of Maine Sea Grant Gayle Zydlewski will present about sturgeon at the dedication ceremony for a new mural on the Belfast Waterfront by artist David Hurley, who consulted Zydlewski for background on the sturgeon’s historical presence in the region. The […]
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The National Park Service featured Susan Brawley, professor emerita of plant biology and marine biology at the University of Maine, and her research career studying seaweed and algae in Acadia National Park for the Summer 2023 issue of Park Science magazine. “The rocky shores of Acadia National Park harbor a thriving community of marine algae. […]
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The Boothbay Register featured the research of University of Maine postdoctoral student Kyle Olivera, who is working at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences to develop detection methods for white sharks. Part of his work is quantifying how much eDNA white sharks shed into the environment, as well as how that eDNA moves and degrades, to […]
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In a segment for the program “Maine Calling” about changes in Maine aquaculture, Maine Public featured Dana Morse, senior extension program manager and aquaculture lead at Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension, as a panelist, and Jaclyn Robidoux, marine extension associate at Maine Sea Grant and UMaine Extension, as a VIP caller.
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot, The World (Coquille, Oregon), Oregon Capital Chronicle (Salem, Oregon), Oregon Coast Beach Connection and KTVZ-TV (Channel 21 in Deschutes County, Oregon) cited the University of Maine’s role in a study showing that the ocean’s color has changed significantly over the last 20 years, likely as a consequence of human-induced climate change. CNN, […]
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Our blue planet is becoming greener, which may indicate that climate change is reshaping surface ocean ecosystems, says a global study co-authored by a University of Maine oceanographer that was published in Nature this week. The research team, led by scientists from the United Kingdom-based National Oceanography Centre and including UMaine oceanography professor Emannuel Boss, […]
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Consumer Reports interviewed Jason Bolton, seafood safety specialist and associate dean at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about sustainable seafood. Bolton told Consumer Reports that farmed fish may be less likely than wild fish to be exposed to harmful pollutants, such as mercury, and more likely to have consistent levels of omega-3s and other nutrients, […]
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