A 2011 University of Maine report was cited in a Bangor Daily News editorial about ways to boost recycling in the state, keeping in mind the process is market-driven. The report found nearly 22 percent of the material in Maine’s solid waste could be recycled and 38 percent could be composted.
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In an article in the Portland Press Herald, University of Maine professor of marine science Robert Steneck was interviewed about the age of a 3-foot-long, 20-pound lobster caught in the Gulf of Maine. “I would question it being 75 years old,” said Steneck. “It’s probably more in the range of 25 to 50 years.” Steneck […]
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Weaving baskets while learning about brown ash identification and habitat is one of the hands-on projects at the Wabanaki Youth Science Program (WaYS) wskitkamikww, or Earth, summer camp June 22-26, at Cobscook Community Learning Center in Trescott. At the third annual WaYS summer camp, Native American youth in grades 9-12 also will use compasses and […]
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In an article in The Weekly, Maggie Halfman—fourth-year marine science student at the University of Maine—was profiled for her upcoming trip to Antarctica. Halfman will be traveling to a research station in October, and will conduct an independent project there for two months. Halfman is conducting research at the Darling Marine Center this summer in […]
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Dr. Harold Borns, University of Maine Professor Emeritus of Glacial and Quaternary Geology, was featured by Channel 7 for his Ice Age Trail map—which includes 46 destinations in Downeast, Maine that people can visit to learn about unique landscape formed by glaciers. The map now is available in digital form as an iPad app called […]
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World News carried University of Maine media releases about UMaine Darling Marine Center scientists discovering ocean chloride buried in sediment (http://article.wn.com/view/2015/07/10/DMC_Scientists_Discover_Ocean_Chloride_Buried_in_Sediment_Un/) and the DMC Science on Tap seminar on Spying on Oceans with Satellites (http://article.wn.com/view/2015/07/10/Spying_on_Oceans_with_Satellites_Robots_Focus_of_DMC_Science/).
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The University of Maine Aroostook Farm was in a Portland Press Herald article about Maine malt for local craft beer (http://www.pressherald.com/2015/07/12/maine-malt-for-local-craft-beer-has-arrived/). Aroostook Farm in Presque Isle is participating in malt barley field trials. Joel Alex of Blue Ox Malthouse began making malt a couple of months ago using a system built for him at the […]
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Aquaculture Magazine published an article about Acadia Harvest, a commercial land-based, indoor fish farm, that’s partnering with the University of Maine and its Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research on an $8 million project to raise black sea bass and California yellowtail. “Ninety percent of our seafood today is imported. We’d like to change that. We […]
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The Boston Globe published the article “A look at rare lobsters caught in New England,” which cites statistics from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine. The article includes photos of and information on rare crustaceans caught in New England in recent years. Each type of lobster — blue, yellow-orange, calico, split-color and albino […]
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The Science on Tap Seminar series, sponsored by the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC), continues at the Newcastle Publick House, 6–7 p.m. on Wednesdays in July. July 15, the free public seminar, “Spying on our oceans with satellites and robots,” will be presented by Mary Jane Perry. The productivity of the oceans depends […]
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