Karl Kreutz, professor in the Climate Change Institute and the School of Earth and Climate Sciences, attended the annual meeting of the University of the Arctic (UArctic) in Stockholm, Sweden from Sept. 18–20. The University of Maine Climate Change Institute is a member of UArctic — a cooperative network of universities, colleges, research institutes and […]
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Mainebiz and Offshore WIND announced the U.S. Department of Energy had awarded the University of Maine $1.4 million to design a concrete floating offshore wind turbine. The grant — one of 13 made nationwide totaling $26 million — is part of the federal agency’s Aerodynamic Turbines, Lighter and Afloat, with Nautical Technologies and Integrated Servo-control […]
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News Center Maine reported the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee advanced a funding bill that would provide $20 million to the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Potato Integrated Pest Management program. RFD-TV — a 24-hour television network in Nashville, Tennessee featuring programming centered on agribusiness, equine and rural lifestyles — carried the AP story.
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Advancing the understanding of disease dynamics at the intersection of human, animal, plant and environmental health is the focus of a new initiative at the University of Maine. The One Health and the Environment initiative was awarded nearly $3 million from the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship program. “This One Health initiative is exciting because […]
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Mainebiz reported the University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute has been selected to receive a $123,735 workforce development grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to fund a pilot project creating an aquaculture certificate program. The project, “Aquaculture Workforce Development: Certificate in Applied Sustainable Aquaculture,” is designed to address aquaculture industry workforce needs by […]
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Phys.org published a University of Maine news release about a new study that found variation in lobster molt timing has been increasing in recent years and is related to changing ocean temperatures in the Gulf of Maine. The study was prompted by an extreme shift in timing of lobster landings in 2012, when they landed […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Bonnie Newsom, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Maine, for the article “Nazi POWs may have lived better at this Down East camp than their Passamaquoddy neighbors.” Seventy-five years ago, more than 200 German prisoners of war were brought to a camp in Washington County near […]
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Variation in lobster molt timing has been increasing in recent years, and is related to changing ocean temperatures in the Gulf of Maine, according to a new University of Maine study — one of the first to provide a quantified time series for when the crustaceans annually shed their shells. Creating a time series for […]
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Researchers in the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station and colleagues from neighboring institutions recently published a report called “Field Manual for Managing Eastern White Pine Health in New England.” Eastern white pine is often referred to as “the tree that built America,” and has been used in boatbuilding and home construction for centuries. Today, […]
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Adherence to a Mediterranean diet has been associated with less cognitive decline over five years in older adults in the United States, according to a new study led by University of Maine and the University of South Australia researchers. The study, conducted by researchers Alexandra Wade, Merrill Elias and Karen Murphy and published in the […]
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