The Portland Press Herald published an article about Sara Rademaker, a graduate of Auburn University in Alabama with 12 years of farming and aquaculture experience. Rademaker has rented space from the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC) to develop an eel aquaculture system. Although she’s just starting her […]
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Glacial ice core records indicate that humans have significantly altered the atmosphere in Central Asia during the 20th century, say climate scientists from the University of Maine. Climate Change Institute researchers say evidence from ice cores extracted from Inilchek Glacier in the Tien Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan reveals that rapid growth of industry and agriculture […]
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Aaron Putnam, the George H. Denton Assistant Professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences, was quoted in articles by The Christian Science Monitor, New Scientist and Tech Times about the effects weather had on the fall of the Mongol Empire. The Mongol Empire swept through Eastern Europe until an abrupt withdrawal in 1242, […]
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Robert Wagner, the Henry W. Saunders Distinguished Professor in Forestry at the University of Maine and director of the Cooperative Forestry Research Unit, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) for Part II of the report, “The return of the spruce budworm.” Described as the most damaging forest insect in North America, the spruce budworm is already […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) reported on the 13th Maine Learning Technology Initiative Student Conference held at the University of Maine. About 900 middle and high school students from across the state attended the event, which aims to help students and teachers discover new ways to learn and create on their school-issued […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on a presentation at the University of Maine by Old Town High School students. The students showcased their research on a marine worm that negatively affects oyster aquaculture, a growing industry in Maine. The research was conducted as part of a collaborative course in partnership with UMaine. Over the last four […]
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Editor’s note: Story updated 5 p.m., May 27. In a news release this morning, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that Maine’s New England Aqua Ventus I floating offshore wind demonstration project, designed by a University of Maine-led consortium, has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to participate in the […]
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Robert Wagner, the Henry W. Saunders Distinguished Professor in Forestry at the University of Maine and director of the Cooperative Forestry Research Unit; and Jim Dill, a pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension; spoke with WVII (Channel 7) for Part I of the report, “The return of the spruce budworm.” During […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a University of Maine research project that aims to demonstrate the feasibility and healthy benefits of enabling older adults to raise and eat their own fresh vegetables. According to the article, about a dozen residents at two Brewer Housing Authority sites have signed up for the project that is […]
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Toni Kaplan, a University of Maine student who works in the Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction (VEMI) Laboratory was featured on the WABI (Channel 5) segment, “Virtual Reality in Maine: Part 2.” Kaplan is studying if virtual reality can relieve symptoms of seasonal affective disorder and anxiety. “Seasonal affective disorder is normally treated with bright […]
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