FIS, the website of Fish Information and Services, and the Bangor Daily News are among the latest organizations to report on research by Noah Oppenheim, a marine biology graduate student at the University of Maine, that suggests climate change is creating cannibalism among lobsters. Oppenheim came to the discovery after capturing on an underwater camera […]
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University of Maine researchers are seeking 50 volunteers to eat fresh Maine wild blueberries grown under four different types of agricultural practices, including organic. The taste test takes place 3–5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 31 in the Consumer Testing Center at 168 Hitchner Hall on the UMaine campus. Volunteers will receive $5 cash for participation in […]
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The Associated Press and Foster’s Daily Democrat reported on a $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation for the University of Maine and University of New Hampshire to conduct a three-year study to research how beaches and shellfish beds are closed due to bacteria. The project, known as the New England Sustainability Consortium, is […]
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A Bangor Daily News editorial titled “Turn up the volume on compromise” cites a study by Todd Gabe, University of Maine economics professor. Gabe’s study found Bangor’s Waterfront Concerts have generated more than $30 million in local spending in the first three years.
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Maine and New Hampshire EPSCoR receive $6 million to address health of coastal ecosystem.
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Ten-state study focuses on Hurricane Sandy’s effects on tidal marsh birds, plants.
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Hampton-North Hampton Patch reported the University of Maine and University of New Hampshire were awarded $6 million from the National Science Foundation to conduct a three-year study to research how beaches and shellfish beds are closed due to bacteria. The project, known as the New England Sustainability Consortium, is being managed by the EPSCoR programs […]
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MsnNOW, Gawker, The Inquisitr and The Week were among news organizations to report on research by Noah Oppenheim, a marine biology graduate student at the University of Maine. Oppenheim’s research suggests climate change is creating cannibalism among lobsters. He came to the discovery after capturing on an underwater camera adult lobsters eating adolescent ones.
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on research being conducted by the University of Maine, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Connecticut and University of Delaware on the effects of Hurricane Sandy on plant and bird communities in tidal marshes from Maine to Virginia. The study aims to determine what makes marshes and these communities […]
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A Sanford News article about an anonymous benefactor agreeing to match funds donated to the Child Care Services of York County during the next three months cites a study by Philip Trostel, a University of Maine economist. Trostel’s study, “Path to a Better Future: The Fiscal Payoff of Investment in Early Childhood Development in Maine,” […]
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