In an article about the retreat of the Thwaites glacier, Popular Science cited a 1973 paper by Terry Hughes, professor emeritus at the University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute, where he famously asked the question that scientists are still asking today: “Is The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Disintegrating?”
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The Bangor Daily News, WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7), Trendeepro, News Update, Tech and Science Post, Tech Xplore and other outlets reported that the University of Maine’s Nimesha Ranasinghe, assistant professor of spatial computing, and Chamath Amarasinghe, Ph.D. student of spatial information science and engineering, have invented a device that could launch new technology to facilitate […]
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Registration is open for an in-person professional development program, Going Green: Sustainability in Business. The online workshop, part of the University of Maine Hutchinson Center’s professional development program, will be held from 8:30 a.m–4:30 p.m. on Oct. 21 at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast. This workshop will help participants understand current business sustainability strategies and […]
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The larval health of an Antarctic cold-water coral species may be resistant to warming water temperatures, a University of Maine study finds, bringing new hope for the climate change resilience of deep-sea ecosystems in the Western Antarctic Peninsula. The past few decades have shown unprecedented levels of warming, particularly in the Earth’s polar regions. The […]
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University of Maine researchers invented a device that could serve as a launchpad for new technology to ease daily tracking of food and beverage consumption for seniors and people with chronic health conditions. SipBit, created by Nimesha Ranasinghe, an assistant professor of spatial computing, and Chamath Amarasinghe, a Ph.D. student of spatial information science and […]
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News Center Maine interviewed Alex Rose and Augusta Sparks Farnum, graduate students in the University of Maine’s Intermedia program, about their work using nanocellulose as a material for their art projects. Rose said that one of the things that she likes most about using the material is that it’s environmentally friendly and non-toxic, while Farnum […]
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Onur Apul, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News for an article about ECT2 (Emerging Compounds Treatment Technologies), a Portland-based company conducting pioneering work in the removal of toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as forever chemicals. “As a Maine-based researcher […]
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The Bluefield Daily Telegraph (Bluefield, West Virginia) noted University of Maine associate professor at the Climate Change Institute and the School of Earth and Climate Sciences Andrei Kurbatov’s role in a study to improve data practices and digital systems for researchers who work with material produced by explosive volcanic eruptions.
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The University of Maine Darling Marine Center (DMC) hosted a three-day orientation program last week for 30 first-year students in the School of Marine Sciences (SMS). William “Wge” Ellis, associate director of UMaine SMS, leads the annual boot camp, in cooperation with DMC director Heather Leslie and the other seven UMaine faculty based at the […]
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Four University of Maine students recently completed the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) summer internship program. Katie Arsenault, Parker Swanson, Max Moore and George Bradbury worked across the yard in various departments. Arsenault is a senior majoring in management with concentrations in business information systems and international business. She interned with BIW’s Human Resources […]
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