The Bangor Daily News, Associated Press and New York Post reported about University of Maine research that shows browntail moth outbreaks will worsen with warming weather. Eleanor Groden, a UMaine professor emerita of entomology and the principal investigator on the study, said, “These are important studies, as our current warming climate trends suggest that we […]
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CentralMaine.com shared information about Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine talks on how the Island Institute collaborates with coastal communities to build resilience, 3 p.m. Feb. 28. Learn more on the program webpage.
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News Center Maine reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab’s 2021 Surveillance Program data. The report featured Griffin Dill, the Tick Lab coordinator, who said that editing genes in ticks “really kind of opens up new avenues for research on their physiology and [the] way they interact with the pathogens they become infected […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk on how the Island Institute collaborates with coastal communities to build resilience from 3–4 p.m. on Feb. 28. The Island Institute works alongside Maine’s island and coastal leaders to build community resilience and share solutions for addressing […]
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Michael Socolow, associate professor in the University of Maine Department of Communication and Journalism and director of the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center, is the author of an opinion piece out this week in the Washington Post. Socolow argues that it’s not necessarily immoral or unethical to enjoy watching the Olympic Games. It is, […]
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A Maine Center for Research in STEM Education initiative to explore how engaging students in coastal research projects can help them build data literacy and career competency while also informing local policy and planning has received a $1.35 million award from the National Science Foundation. The University of Maine-based RiSE Center supports middle and high […]
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A Maine Public report about the impact of climate change on snowmobiling in Maine featured Sean Birkel, research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute. Birkel, also Maine state climatologist, said that in the past century, Maine has lost one to two weeks of winter and by 2050, the state will lose […]
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Daniel Sandweiss, a University of Maine professor in the Anthropology Department and the Climate Change Institute, and the 2022 Distinguished Maine Professor, has been named president-elect of the Society for American Archaeology. He will serve as president-elect for one year before serving a two-year term as SAA president. Sandweiss is an internationally recognized archaeologist whose […]
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News Center Maine and the Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine’s Process Development Center has a new machine that takes pulp and makes paper plates, bowls and cups. The goal is to eliminate plastics and instead use paper products that serve the same purposes. The machine is the first of its kind at […]
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The Bangor Daily News quoted Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, in an article about frost quakes. Birkel explained how climate change and extreme weather events are creating better conditions for frost quakes.
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