Phys.org, an internet news portal that carries science developments, ran a University of Maine media release about glacial deposits on Mercury. James Fastook, a UMaine professor of computer science and a Climate Change Institute researcher, studied the accumulation and flow of ice on Mercury, and how glacial deposits on the smallest planet in the solar […]
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The processes that led to glaciation at the cratered poles of Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, have been modeled by a University of Maine-led research team. James Fastook, a UMaine professor of computer science and Climate Change Institute researcher, and James Head and Ariel Deutsch of Brown University, studied the accumulation and flow […]
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Jacquelyn Gill recently talked with Down East Magazine about her favorite place — Gorham Mountain in Acadia National Park. The University of Maine paleoecologist first experienced the park as an eighth-grader on a field trip. When she was a student at the College of the Atlantic, the park was a classroom, laboratory, gorgeous recreation area […]
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Beyond Pesticides published a University of Maine media release about a study that found adding blackberry leaf litter in stormwater catch basins creates an “ecological trap” that entices mosquito females to lay eggs in sites unsuitable for larvae survival. This new “attract-and-kill’ mosquito control tool shows potential for preventing the breeding of mosquitoes that may […]
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Continued development and dissemination of outreach materials on the risks and regulations associated with moving potentially infested firewood are essential to reduce the spread of invasive forest pests, according to University of Maine researchers. How campers’ knowledge of forest insects affects the transportation of firewood is the focus of a recent study led by John […]
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As part of an interdisciplinary team examining ways to reduce food waste in Maine, a researcher in the University of Maine School of Economics and his undergraduate student assistant recently were awarded $17,000 from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for a startup composting program in the midcoast region. The funds will help implement […]
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Bob Steneck, professor of marine sciences based at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, recently attended the Ocean Solution Initiative convened by Monaco’s Prince Albert II. The initiative brought together coral reef experts from seven countries — Monaco, France, Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Israel and the United States — to discuss global and local […]
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University of Maine assistant professor of psychology Fayeza Ahmed has been named the first associate director of the Maine Syracuse Longitudinal Study (MSLS) that focuses on hypertension, cardiovascular risk factors and aging as predictors of cognitive functioning. Fayeza Ahmed will be the primary go-to person for UMaine students and faculty interested in examining the data, […]
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Bridie McGreavy was honored for co-editing a book that addresses significant questions about the relationship between communication and the environment, and has potential to influence research in the field. The University of Maine assistant professor of environmental communication received the National Communication Association’s Tarla Rai Peterson Book Award in Environmental Communication in November in Salt […]
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A survey indicated that faculty who were harassed at an unspecified public university told friends, family and colleagues about their experiences far more frequently than they did campus human resources officials. The faculty members — who were aware of the university’s harassment policies — said they were dissatisfied with how their complaints were handled when […]
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