The Sun Journal cited a May overdose report released by the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center in a story about the “Rally for Recovery Event” held Saturday in Lewiston. According to that report, as cited in the article, “there were 3,222 reported fatal and non-fatal drug overdoses in Maine between January and […]
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An op-ed published in the Penobscot Bay Pilot highlighted Lily Calderwood conducting wild blueberry research at a Rockport solar farm. Calderwood, an assistant professor of horticulture and a wild blueberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, is researching the feasibility of blueberry growing at a solar installation and evaluating their yields.
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The Machias Valley News Observer reported on an effort led by Tora Johnson to survey lobstermen and other shellfish harvesters to better assess the work-related health issues they face and their access to health care. “Ultimately the idea is to identify potential solutions to these issues and find funding and support from state and federal […]
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AGDaily advanced a study of commercial produce washes conducted by University of Maine researchers in an article titled “Multilevel marketing companies use social media to market food scams.” Researchers from the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition discovered that distilled water is equally or more effective at removing pesticides and microbes from produce as […]
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Maine International Trade Center talked with Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, about the growing role Maine has in Arctic research and leading critical research about global climate change.
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine will join the town of Orono and the city of Bangor in efforts to create a regional climate action plan that will stretch across Penobscot County. UMaine, home of the Climate Change Institute, is working to finalize a memorandum of understanding with the municipalities. News […]
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The Center for Research on Sustainable Forests at the University of Maine will host a series of five webinars and live forest tours that will explore the impact of climate change on diverse Maine woodlands. The Forest Climate Change Initiative and the Forest Stewards Guild will explore the impact of climate change through a series […]
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The Cape Cod Times spoke with Andrew Pershing, a University of Maine associate professor with the Climate Change Institute, about fishing practices and accelerated warming in the Gulf of Maine that are impacting the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. Pershing and other researchers recently published three studies that indicate the right whale may be […]
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Civil Eats talked with Joshua Stoll, a University of Maine assistant professor of marine policy, for a story about gender barriers in the aquaculture industry. The article also cited data from Maine Sea Grant’s Aquaculture in Shared Waters initiative, noting that more Maine women are enrolling in aquaculture training programs, although the majority of aquaculture […]
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Bailey McLaughlin, a graduate research assistant in the School of Biology and Ecology Graduate Organization at the University of Maine, talked with WVII for a story about a BioBlitz scheduled for Sept. 18–19 on campus. More information about the free event is online.
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