The Maine Science Podcast featured Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, on its latest episode. In the episode, Birkel discusses his work, which includes creating and managing the Climate Reanalyzer and supporting The Warming Sea project, and his passion for science. The podcast, a […]
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In a story about how Maine could lead a revolution in timber products to reduce the carbon footprint in construction, Mainebiz referenced multiple research and development efforts from the University of Maine. The article highlighted biobased material research from the UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center and the UMaine-led Forest Opportunity Roadmap/Maine (FOR/Maine) Coalition, which […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Machias Valley News Observer highlighted Lee Karp-Boss and Emmanuel Boss, professors in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, participating in a marine microbiome research expedition in the Atlantic Ocean overseen by the Tara Ocean Foundation.
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ScienceDaily and Phys.org advanced a Rice University-led study of air bubbles in Antarctic ice co-authored by Andrei Kurbatov, an associate professor with the University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute. The study, published in Science Advances, revealed a possible cause for the decline in atmospheric oxygen for at least […]
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Kate Ruskin, a University of Maine lecturer in ecology and environmental sciences, spoke to the Bangor Daily News about the threats mercury exposure and climate change pose to Saltmarsh sparrows and Acadian Nelson’s sparrows. Ruskin led a recent study into the effects of mercury exposure on these two tidal marsh songbird species.
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Justin Dimmel, an assistant professor of mathematics education and instructional technology, is working with Stacy Doore, Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Colby College, on research involving virtual reality 3D chess. With help from Colby College students, they will assess how virtual environments affect participants’ spatial reasoning strategies and their ability to […]
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Maine may lose two tidal marsh songbird species in the next few decades. Salt marsh sparrows face extinction, while Acadian Nelson’s sparrows are threatened with extirpation — localized eradication with the possibility of survival elsewhere. Their populations along the Eastern Seaboard have been declining as sea level rise destroys their habitats and, according to a […]
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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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Mainebiz reported that Mohsen Shahinpoor, Richard C. Hill Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maine, is working with MaineHealth neurosurgeons Robert Ecker and Jeffrey Florm to develop a robotic clot retriever.
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The Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Courier cited data for York County and statewide overdose deaths from the Maine Drug Data Hub, a tool created through a partnership between the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future, the Office of the Attorney General, the University of Maine and several state agencies. According to the hub, as […]
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