The Boston Globe, Portland Press Herald and National Fisherman noted the University of Maine’s role in an informal consortium to share observations and data about an unusually large and long-lived algae bloom extending more than 100 miles across the Gulf of Maine. Maine Public, News Center Maine, the New Hampshire Bulletin and WGME-TV (Channel 13 in Portland) […]
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In a story about the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership, Maine’s newest field research station, the Penobscot Bay Pilot quoted Robert Steneck, professor with the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, and UMaine doctorate candidate and the center’s lead scientist Phoebe Jekielek. “What I’m seeing now through […]
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The National Fisherman reported on a study co-authored by Andrew Goode, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, that estimates the cost of ropeless lobster gear in Massachusetts.
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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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