In Maine and elsewhere, aquaculturists, harvesters, researchers and those in the business of making products from marine macroalgae are increasingly interested in seaweed. This is due to some innovative research being conducted in the region, and because Maine now has the first and only commercial kelp aquaculture operation in the United States, Portland-based Ocean Approved […]
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The National Geographic website highlights UMaine marine scientist Rhian Waller’s research in Chile.
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A Maine oyster farmer’s experience inspires graduate students to develop a system for detecting pollutants in seawater.
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The Advanced Structures and Composites Center tests black locust samples bound for a park near the famed Brooklyn Bridge.
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The University of Maine’s Aquaculture Research Institute (ARI) facilities and latest research findings will be the focus of a two-day open house event Aug. 23-24 at UMaine’s research centers in Walpole, Franklin and Orono. Tours and activities will be held at all three sites at 1 p.m. on Aug. 23, and in Orono on Aug. […]
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Research confirms regional — not global — climate change in New Zealand and European glaciers during the preindustrial Holocene.
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The Bangor Daily News carried an article about University of Maine Forest Bioproducts Research Institute faculty members who are leading a group of college students from across the country on a weeklong field trip to Chile to study forest sustainability and forest products manufacturing. FBRI faculty members David Neivandt and Douglas Gardner are teaching a […]
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University of Maine Forest Bioproducts Research Institute faculty members David Neivandt and Douglas Gardner will accompany 10 undergraduate students from across the country on a weeklong trip to Chile as part of a National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF REU) program, a 10-week summer research experience based at UMaine and funded by the […]
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Climate Change Institute Director Paul Mayewski and CCI researchers journey into the Andes to take ice core samples.
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“Power-threat” theories suggest that women in authority may be more frequent targets.
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