From sessions on climate change and extreme weather events to dams, safe beaches and shellfish, and building sustainable food systems, the 2016 Maine Sustainability & Water Conference will feature an expanded agenda on topics affecting the state, region, country and globe. The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported Steve Sader, a professor of forest resources and director of the Maine Image Analysis Laboratory at the University of Maine, will discuss “Mapping and Monitoring 40-plus Years of Forest Change in Maine’s North Woods” at 5:30 p.m. April 6 in Bar Harbor. Sader will speak as part of MDI Science Café […]
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Marcella Sorg, a research professor at the University of Maine, was mentioned in the Current article, “Remains of three people found in unmarked, 1800s burial site in Scarborough.” Construction workers at a house lot found the unmarked graves of three people while digging the home’s new leach field last month, according to the article. With […]
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Steve Johnson, a crops specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Presque Isle, spoke with WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) about Dickeya, a bacterial pathogen that’s threatening Maine seed potatoes and causing crop loss. Johnson said the bacteria is an increasing problem that needs to be dealt with immediately, according to the […]
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Robert Bayer, executive director of the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute; and Robert Steneck, a leading marine biologist at UMaine’s School of Marine Sciences, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for an article about Sweden wanting the European Union to put Maine lobster on its international list of invasive species. The ban would stop all […]
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A 2013 study conducted by the University of Maine School of Economics was cited in the Bangor Daily News article, “Craft beer boom challenges Maine’s antiquated alcohol laws.” The article states that according to the study, breweries across Maine employ about 1,500 people, source hops and grains locally, and attract beer tourists to the state. […]
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Richard Judd, the McBride Professor of History at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “More than 200 years later, Maine still feels a chill from the Year Without a Summer.” In April 1815, Indonesia’s Mount Tambora had one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history, according […]
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Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5), Portland Press Herald and Society for Science & the Public reported a Bangor High School senior who invented a gadget for improving water quality received one of three first-place awards — worth $150,000 — at the Intel Science Talent Search awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. The awards are a […]
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The Associated Press, Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News, Maine Public Broadcasting Network, WGME (Channel 13 in Portland), WLBZ (Channel 2), WVII (Channel 7) and Mainebiz reported on the release of a report that looks at how the state is preparing for the next cyclical infestation of a pest that could cause severe economic damage to […]
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Research conducted at the University of Maine was mentioned in the CKD News article, “Study evaluates cognitive deficits in chronic kidney disease patients.” Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a significant risk factor for cognitive impairment, and previous studies have examined differences in cognitive impairment between those with and without kidney disease using multiple cognitive outcomes, […]
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