News Center Maine, the Penobscot Bay Pilot and Food Service Director reported that the University of Maine Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions launched its Maine School Cafeteria Food Waste Study pilot this week at four elementary schools in Orono, Buxton, Lisbon and Sebago. The University of Maine School Cafeteria Food Waste Study will address these […]
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The University of Maine Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions launches its Maine School Cafeteria Food Waste Study pilot this week at four elementary schools in Orono, Buxton, Lisbon and Sebago. According to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, approximately $5 million of edible food is wasted every school day in the U.S. In many Maine […]
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Seth Campbell, associate professor at the University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute, was quoted by Science and E&E News about unfair practices in the polar Physical Qualification, or PQ, process. The comprehensive medical screening is required for scientists and support staff whose deployment to the Antarctic and Arctic […]
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The University of Maine is recruiting taste testers for its food science Sensory Evaluation Center. Members of the public who are 18 and older are invited to subscribe to an email list that announces taste testing opportunities. The lab tests everything from seafood to spuds to help researchers and companies evaluate the palatability of new […]
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Mainebiz reported that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $10 million grant to a collaborative research team from the University of Maine, the University of Georgia and lead-site Purdue University to help landowners and stakeholders better adapt their forests to increasingly complicated economic and climate conditions in the eastern U.S.
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The Maine Monitor reported on a study from the University of Maine at Machias finds that Down East clammers and lobstermen face steep barriers to healthcare access, despite greater risks of job-related injuries and other health issues that can sometimes lead to substance use disorders. “It’s pretty clear from the results here that harvesters are […]
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Phys.org and Maine Public reported on a study led by the University of Maine that captured how entire rockweed beds recover from harvest. The study found that harvest patterns were uneven, creating a mosaic of habitats across the bed. This indicates that harvest has less impact than previous studies, with a smaller scale of focus, reported. […]
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WABI-TV (Channel 5 in Bangor) and WFVX-TV (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) reported that researchers at the University of Maine have been conducting browntail moth surveys across the campus. The surveying is part of a larger effort to reveal trends in the behavior of these moths as UMaine researchers evaluate ways to manage these pests […]
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Studying the response of Antarctic ice sheets to past warming episodes is essential to understand how they may respond to the present warming climate, as their melting and collapse can contribute to global sea level rise. Detailed records of past ocean temperatures close to the continent are rare, but clues to how ice sheets and […]
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From 2012–14, Alireza Kianimoqadam helped provide sustainable heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems for people in Tehran as a volunteer engineer with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme. The systems he designed were efficient and relied on renewable sources instead of fossil fuels. Kianimoqadam, of Tabas, Iran, completed his bachelor’s degree only months before starting […]
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