The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has highlighted work by the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine in the U.S. Government’s Climate Resilience Toolkit. The project, which was led by Esperanza Stancioff of Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension and funded by NOAA’s Climate Program Office, focused […]
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University of Maine economics professors Todd Gabe and Jim McConnon spoke with WABI (Channel 5) at a recent meeting of the Bar Harbor Cruise Ship Committee that was held to discuss the effect of cruise ships on local merchants. More than 120 ships and nearly 160,000 passengers are already booked for Bar Harbor’s 2016 season, […]
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102.9 WBLM in Portland and the Bangor Daily News reported on the release of Part II of O’Chang Studios’ animated series, A Climate Calamity in the Gulf of Maine: Acid in the Gulf. The cartoon, which describes how ocean acidification affects coastal waters and marine resources, is “fun to watch as well as educational,” according […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Maine reinvents research to tackle ‘wicked problems,’” by Linda Silka, a senior fellow at the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Silka wrote that researchers working with the Senator George J. Mitchell Center are focusing on sustainable and complex collaborative research, which […]
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O’Chang Studios has released Part II of the animated series, A Climate Calamity in the Gulf of Maine: Acid in the Gulf. The cartoon, which describes how ocean acidification affects coastal waters and marine resources, premiered in early March as part of a scientific panel on ocean acidification at the 41st annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum […]
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Students and faculty from the Darling Marine Center and Bigelow Labs, aquaculture industry partners, and the Damariscotta River Association (DRA) will hold a public meeting titled “The Damariscotta River: Understanding What Makes a Productive Estuary” 5–7 p.m. Friday, April 1, at the DRA facility at Round Top Farm, 3 Round Top Lane, Damariscotta. Presenters will […]
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Amy Blackstone, a sociology professor at the University of Maine, spoke with Broadly for the article, “How height and weight affect your pay.” A new study found that tall men and thin women are paid more than those who are shorter or larger, according to the article. Blackstone told Broadly that employers aren’t intending to […]
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The Associated Press cited statistics from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine for an article about a rare four-clawed lobster that was bought by Portland seafood wholesaler Ready Seafood Co. The crustacean, which was sold from a Canadian dealer, has three claws on one arm and one on the other, according to the […]
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The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs invites all staff who support research activities at the University of Maine to attend the Research Administrators’ Network (RAN) spring meetings. The meetings will be held 2–4 p.m. Thursday, March 17 and Monday, May 16 in Wells Conference Center, Room 3. More information, including registration instructions, is on […]
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MassLive.com reported a team of researchers, including Melissa Landon, an associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Maine, is developing a new mooring system for floating offshore wind turbines that uses an integrated network of anchors and lines to hold dozens of turbines in place in the ocean. Landon is working with engineers […]
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