Research

Study finds warming waters threaten young lobsters, BDN reports

The Bangor Daily News and Associated Press reported on newly published research that found the Gulf of Maine’s lobster population could suffer if water temperatures keep rising. The research, conducted at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, is the only published study focused on how larvae of the American […]

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UMaine Museum of Art, Honors College, Police Department debut new websites

The University of Maine Museum of Art, Honors College and Police Department are among many UMaine centers and programs that have upgraded to the university’s new website template over the summer. A Self-Guided Walking Tours website also recently launched and features four tours focusing on gardens, outdoor sculptures, the historic district and other distinctive sights […]

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Huffington Post quotes Stancioff in article on fishing in Gulf of Maine

The Huffington Post quoted Esperanza Stancioff, an educator with Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in the article, “Troubled waters: Fishing in Gulf of Maine sheds light on urgency in protecting oceans.” A study led by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and published in Science found temperatures in the Gulf of […]

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Media report on new Maine forest products industry study

Mainebiz and Maine Public reported on a new Maine forest products industry study conducted by Mindy Crandall, an assistant professor of forest landscape management and economics at the University of Maine. The report, which was presented at the Maine Forest Products Council’s annual meeting, shows the industry’s overall economic impact dropped by about $1 billion […]

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Stages of lobster larvae development

DMC, Bigelow study: Rising ocean temperatures threaten baby lobsters

If water temperatures in the Gulf of Maine rise a few degrees by end of the century, it could mean trouble for lobsters and the industry they support. That’s according to newly published research conducted at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. The research is the only published […]

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Interactive simulations, active research part of VEMI Lab open house

The Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction (VEMI) Laboratory at the University of Maine will hold its annual open house from 4–6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21. The lab, located in Carnegie Hall, is part of the spatial informatics program in the School of Computing and Information Science and houses Maine’s only research facility that combines a […]

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Office of Vice President for Research, Fogler to offer ‘Grants 101’ workshop

The University of Maine’s Office of the Vice President for Research and Fogler Library will host “Grants 101: Seeking, analyzing and writing basics” 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Oct. 11 in Fogler’s Library Classroom. Workshop participants will be able to find grants in PIVOT, analyze an agency’s request for proposals and learn grant writing basics. […]

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Community: From the ground up

Read transcript The University of Maine’s potato breeding program, conducted in collaboration with the Maine Potato Board, is committed to cultivating new varieties of spuds — a process that takes more than a decade and involves the expertise of growers, entomologists, food scientists, agronomists and geneticists. Follow professor Gregory Porter to the University of Maine […]

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Hudson Museum exhibit explores how thriftiness conserves Earth’s resources

Cindy Isenhour doesn’t subscribe to the adage “out with the old, in with the new.” The planet can’t sustain it, says the assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Maine. Consider, she says, that each American annually throws away 1,400 pounds of stuff and that 11,000 gallons of water are used to produce one […]

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