The Bangor Daily News featured the University of Maine-owned 2,460-acre Hirundo Wildlife Refuge in Old Town. The nonprofit organization Hirundo maintains the refuge and conducts its public programming, including full moon paddles. The refuge is the site of a former Red Paint Indian fishing village, according to the article. The refuge is open, free of […]
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WABI (channel 5) covered the ribbon-cutting at the Lafayette and Rawcliffe 4-H Science and Engineering Learning Center, established by University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine 4-H Foundation. “We’re fully connected via technology… if we need the ability to bring youth here in this area and connect them with other folks around the state […]
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Heather Leslie and Carl Wilson will discuss “Building Coastal Community Resilience in Maine” at 10:30 a.m. June 28 in Brooke Hall at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Leslie is the director of the DMC and a Libra Associate Professor of Marine Sciences. Her research on the ecology, policy and management of […]
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During the first six months of 2019, University of Maine faculty and students have contributed to knowledge and solutions — locally and worldwide. Here’s a review of some highlights, including dog biscuits made of green crabs and a comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Everest. January Food science majors to engage in active learning to prepare […]
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Preserving a range of different personality types within small mammal populations is critical for maintaining the key ecosystem function of seed dispersal, according to University of Maine researchers. Understanding how variation among individual seed-dispersing animals and whether land-use change interferes with the process is the focus of a recent study led by Allison Brehm, a […]
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New evidence shows that Arctic ecosystems undergo rapid, strong and pervasive environmental changes in response to climate shifts, even those of moderate magnitude, according to an international research team led by the University of Maine. Links between abrupt climate change and environmental response have long been considered delayed or dampened by internal ecosystem dynamics, or […]
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The University of Maine has been awarded $1 million from the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) to build a demonstration scale nanocellulose plant that will advance next generation bio-based products. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King announced the NBRC will award $1,250,000 in grants to UMaine and the town of East Millinocket. Both projects […]
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Gulf of Maine temperature trends and variability during the past 11,000 years will be the focus of a five-year study led by a University of Maine paleo-oceanographer to enhance long-term environmental prediction and planning. Katherine Allen, a UMaine assistant professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences, and the Climate Change Institute, has received […]
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An international team of scientists, climbers and storytellers, led by the National Geographic Society and Tribhuvan University, and supported in partnership with Rolex, conducted a scientific expedition to Mount Everest, believed to be the most comprehensive single scientific expedition to the mountain in history. The multidisciplinary team installed the two highest weather stations in the […]
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ABC News interviewed Amy Blackstone, a professor of sociology at the University of Maine, for its story “Are child-free, single women really happier? An author’s claim sparks debate.” The story was in response to Paul Dolan’s book “Happy Ever After,” in which the London School of Economics professor of behavioral science asserted women without kids […]
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