Aquaculture creates many benefits for Maine people, including fresh seafood, stable jobs, and opportunities to enhance tourism, environmental conservation and community resilience. And, like all working waterfront activities, aquaculture operations occupy ocean space and are part of the busy coastal environment that we call home. People have varied perspectives about aquaculture and the future of […]
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Morning Ag Clips shared an announcement from Maine’s Forest Carbon Task Force seeking public comment on carbon sequestration strategies outlined in the committee’s draft report. University of Maine faculty members Ivan Fernandez and Adam Daigneault, who are with the School of Forest Resources, are members of the task force.
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Maine Public cited the University of Maine as co-leader of an ocean monitoring project funded by the National Science Foundation in an interview with co-investigator Dave Emerson, a senior research scientist at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. The project involves capturing and sequencing organismal DNA in ocean water to assess species movement and to […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk about how collaborative teams can draw from lessons learned in kindergarten to tackle complex problems 3–4 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 13. Humanity is grappling with many “wicked” problems — such as climate change, ocean plastic pollution and […]
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Thousands of humans live on the 660-acre University of Maine campus. So too, do many other species. To find out how many others and which ones, the School of Biology and Ecology Graduate Organization (SBE GO) invites members of the UMaine and local communities to take part in a BioBlitz from 8:30 a.m. to 4 […]
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CNN Health interviewed University of Maine researchers Mary Ellen Camire and Joshua Stoll about what seafood is the healthiest for the human body and planet. Camire, a professor of food science and human nutrition, said “fattier fish from cold water are a better source of omega-3s,” and because it has the highest number of these […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared a news release about a University of Maine-led research team receiving a $2.34 million EPSCoR award from the Department of Energy to study the next generation of harsh environment materials and wireless sensor techniques.
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Vancouver Is Awesome cited a University of Maine-led alternative seafood network study in a story about how one in the British Columbia-based city is thriving.
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The Bangor Daily News cited a 2020 report about climate change drafted by researchers at the University of Maine in a story about environmental conditions in Maine in the year 2100, which is considered a benchmark year for climate change. Maine Public shared the BDN story.
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Mainebiz reported that the University of Maine Darling Marine Center and the Maine Business School have introduced the “UMaine Blue Economy” program to deepen partnerships between science and business experts in the state’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors and other working-waterfront industries. A $50,000 award from the William Procter Scientific Innovation Fund supports the initiative, which seeks […]
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