The Natural Resources Council of Maine awarded University of Maine Ph.D. student Greg LeClair with a 2022 Brookie Award for his environmental leadership. The Brookie Awards honors Maine’s young environmental changemakers for their leadership, creativity and positive impact for Maine’s environment. LeClair is the founder and lead organizer of Maine Big Night (MBN), a citizen […]
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Ali Abedi, associate vice president for research and professor of electrical and computer engineering, attended IEEE International Wireless Communication and Networking Conference in Austin, Texas, where academic and industry leaders discussed new technologies to move us forward to the next generation, 6G wireless era. The mayor of Austin declared this week as IEEE week. Participants […]
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The Wall Street Journal interviewed Stephen Shaler, professor of sustainable materials and technology in the School of Forest Resources, in an article about the rising popularity of wooden skyscrapers. “If you look at the carbon impact of harvesting trees and turning them into buildings, it gives you a much better number than you get from […]
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Aaron Putnam, associate professor, and George Denton, professor, both in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences, and the Climate Change Institute, collaborated with international scientists to write an article about the Zealandia Switch for The Conversation. Putnam, Denton and their collaborators are researching New Zealand’s climate history, and have postulated a new mechanism that […]
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In an article about federal officials setting a date for the second meeting of a key intergovernmental task force planning offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine, Spectrum News cited the fact that University of Maine has been pioneering this technology in the U.S., with active plans for research projects, including in federal territory. […]
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Jim Dill, University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist, was quoted in New Hampshire Magazine in an article about pests like the browntail moth caterpillars. “Climate change in the winters can be a dramatic force in the population dynamics,” Dill said.
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The Bangor Daily News and Daily Bulldog wrote about research at the University of Maine led by Alessio Mortelliti, associate professor in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Conservation Biology, found that studying marten can tell scientists about 11 other mammals living in the state. “This is great news for conservation and management agencies as […]
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Emmanuel Boss and Lee Karp-Boss, professors at the School of Marine Sciences, were interviewed for Hakai Magazine about their role collecting data about ocean microbes on the Tara expedition. From 2009–13, the Tara traversed the globe as scientists aboard sampled the ocean’s microbes and studied how fast those microbes sank. Boss and Karp-Boss have both […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension expects to open its Greenhouse Plastic Recycling (GPR) program April 19 with drop-off sites available statewide through Nov. 21. Plastic eligible for recycling is clear, low-density polyethylene #4 (LDPE #4) used to cover greenhouses, high tunnels, hoop houses and other agricultural structures. The program will also accept white overwintering plastic […]
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Jean MacRae, a professor of civil engineering at the University of Maine, was interviewed by the Maine Monitor in an article about the importance of quality compost for Maine’s soil health, especially in light of the PFAS crisis. MacRae said that given the difficulty determining which paper and cardboard materials contain PFAS, it’s best to […]
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