Robert Steneck, a marine biologist at the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences, was quoted in the Portland Press Herald editorial, “Warming Atlantic bodes poorly for lobster industry.” Warming water temperatures have for decades been the primary factor in pushing the lobster population farther north, according to the article. Since 2004, the Gulf of […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an article on the importance of vernal pools by Zachary Wood and Jared Homola, Ph.D. students in the Ecology and Environmental Sciences Program at the University of Maine. In the article, titled “Why these pools in the forest are more important than you may think,” the students write that the […]
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Sharon Klein, an economics professor at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “5 myths people hold about solar power in Maine.” Klein conducts research and teaches courses on comparing the technical, economic, environmental and social costs and benefits of a variety of energy options, including solar energy. […]
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Lenard Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging and professor in the UMaine School of Social Work, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Why this year’s older candidates may be less stressed, more optimistic presidents.” Kaye is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy […]
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University of Maine marine scientist Rick Wahle was quoted in a Gloucester Daily Times editorial that argued American lobsters are not a threat to the Sweden lobster industry and that U.S. officials need to protect the trade market. “Attempts to introduce American lobsters elsewhere have failed,” Wahle was quoted in the editorial. “A newly introduced […]
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A Portland Press Herald editorial criticizing the European Union ban on imports of live Maine lobster cited Robert Bayer, executive director of the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute. “I think what they’re saying, for the most part, is incorrect,” Bayer was quoted as saying in reference to claims by Swedish factions that American lobsters will […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Have a Maine problem? A UMaine student researcher can work on a solution,” by Jack McLachlan, a master’s student in ecology and environmental sciences and the vice president of the Graduate Student Government at UMaine. McLachlan researches the tidal freshwater wetlands of Merrymeeting Bay in the Kennebec […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Bioenergy from working forests is carbon-friendly, with many other benefits to Maine,” by Stephen Shaler, director of the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine; and Robert Wagner, the Henry W. Saunders Distinguished Professor in Forestry at UMaine. Ivan Fernandez, a professor of soil science […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece “Tax day, Monopoly and the American nightmare,” by Steve Barkan, a sociology professor at the University of Maine. Barkan also is a member of the Maine Regional Network, part of the Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to address public challenges and their […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Here’s my big hope: One day, being born a female won’t be a curse,” by Reza Jalali, coordinator the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs at the University of Southern Maine. Jalali is the author of “The Poets and the Assassin,” a play about women in Iran and […]
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