In an article on a Greene family’s struggle and loss associated with drug addiction, the Sun Journal cited statistics compiled by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine and the Maine Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Research professor Marcella Sorg conducted the analysis that determined 57 people died from heroin […]
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Research by Jacquelyn Gill, an assistant professor of paleoecology and plant ecology at the University of Maine, was mentioned in a Rolling Stone article about how the worst predicted effects of climate change are starting to happen, and much faster than scientists thought. Gill, who researches extinction, is studying how to save species that are […]
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The Associated Press spoke with Frank Drummond, an entomology specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and a UMaine professor of insect ecology, for an article about a Maine bumblebee counting project. The Maine Bumble Bee Atlas project enlists citizen scientists to help determine bee range and abundance. Maine’s bumblebees appear to be affected […]
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A study by former University of Maine environmental economist and researcher Mary Davis was mentioned in a Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting article on the state’s challenges of preventing lead poisoning in children. Davis’ study on the economic effects of lead poisoning on children born in 2008 concluded that as a group, they would […]
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Wiscasset Newspaper published a news release from the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center announcing an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8. The event marks the 50th anniversary of the Walpole center. Research laboratories will be open, oceanographic equipment and scuba gear will be on exhibit, and scientists will be […]
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NOAA Fisheries reported on new Atlantic salmon smolts research led by Dan Stich, a NOAA Fisheries biologist who conducted the study as a Ph.D. student at the University of Maine. The study, which recently appeared in the journal Marine and Coastal Fisheries, showed that even if young smolts survive the initial hazard of passing through […]
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A 2003 University of Maine study led by psychology professor Douglas Nangle was cited in a Psychology Today blog post titled “What I’ve learned about friendships in my 20s (so far).” The researchers found support that emphasizes the importance of having mutual friendships that extend beyond one best friend, according to the article. They found […]
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Acadia Harvest Inc., a startup business housed at the University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) in Franklin, was included in the Huffington Post blog article, “As Maine’s waters warm, a seafood investor fosters climate resiliency.” Coastal Enterprises Inc. (CEI), a nonprofit community development lender based in Wiscasset, has provided capital for a […]
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Maine Insights carried a University of Maine news release about Darling Marine Center researchers being part of a team that discovered chloride — the most common dissolved substance in seawater — can leave the ocean by sticking to organic particles that settle out of surface water and become buried in marine sediment. The discovery helps […]
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Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, was a recent guest on the national weekly radio show TideSmart Talk with Stevoe. Mayewski spoke about leading the CCI, current research and how climate change will affect Maine.
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