WVII (Channel 7) interviewed Richard Corey, director of operations at the University of Maine’s Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction Laboratory (VEMI Lab), and Paul Fink, a graduate research assistant at the lab, about an upcoming research project focused on interactions between autonomous vehicles and their human passengers. “We’re looking at what they call level five […]
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To understand industrial-age glacier recession and climate warming in New Zealand, an international research team led by the University of Maine will document the past 10,000 years of natural variations by studying the moraines of retreating glaciers and rings of temperature-sensitive trees in the Southern Hemisphere. The data will allow researchers to compare the Holocene-era […]
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The Associated Press reported the University of Maine will receive a nearly $750,000 grant from the National Aeronautic and Space Administration to study the quality, health and value of forestland in Maine. The three-year project is led by Parinaz Rahimzadeh, an assistant professor of remote sensing of natural resources at UMaine, and is expected to […]
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The Working Waterfront spoke with Katherine Allen, an assistant professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, about a five-year study she will lead focused on temperature change in the Gulf of Maine. Allen has received a more than $584,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award […]
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Phys.org carried a University of Maine news release about a new study focused on a method developed by researchers from UMaine and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences to study the timing of scallop spawning by analyzing environmental DNA found in water samples. The study provides a tool for managing wild and farmed shellfish populations, and […]
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Researchers from the University of Maine and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences have developed a method for studying the timing of scallop spawning by analyzing the environmental DNA found in water samples. The newly published study provides a tool for managing wild and farmed shellfish populations, and it demonstrates the promise of emerging eDNA approaches […]
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The Associated Press, Mainebiz, Penobscot Bay Pilot and The Lincoln County News reported the University of Maine and The Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences will use a $20 million National Science Foundation grant to learn more about Maine’s aquatic ecosystems. Maine Public interviewed Michael Kinnison, an associate professor of marine sciences at UMaine and the project’s lead researcher, […]
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A $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation EPSCoR program will fund a five-year initiative that aims to revolutionize environmental monitoring, ecological understanding and sustainability of coastal ecosystems. The University of Maine is partnering with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and other collaborators in education, government agencies, citizen’s groups and local industry statewide. “The […]
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Phys.org posted a University of Maine media release about a mobile app that citizen scientists can use when visiting potential monarch butterfly roosting sites and answering questions based on observations. UMaine master’s student Brandon Boxler and associate professor of wildlife ecology Cynthia Loftin are working to create a model that predicts highly suitable areas for […]
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When spotting a butterfly, a common reaction may be to whip out a phone and snap a photo. A team of University of Maine researchers is hoping another response could be to use the phone to log details about areas where butterflies are likely to be found. Using a mobile app, anyone can become a […]
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