Signature and Emerging Areas

Mayewski speaks to Scientific American about Everest observatory

Paul Mayewski, director and professor of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, spoke to Scientific American about the disrepair of the Pyramid International Laboratory/Observatory, one of the world’s oldest and most prolific high-altitude research facilities, which is located near the Mount Everest base camp in Nepal. Mayewski said that the research station […]

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Media share UMaine grant to study climate resilience in mobile home communities

News Center Maine, the Bangor Daily News and VTDigger reported that Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and assistant professor with a joint appointment in University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the UMaine Climate Change Institute, was awarded more than $79,000 for a study of climate change resilience in mobile home park communities along with collaborators […]

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News Center Maine features UMaine student Goldman’s eDNA research

News Center Maine featured Luke Goldman, undergraduate researcher at the University of Maine, and his work using eDNA to study the rate of recovery from pollution in a forested area called Bear Brook in Washington County. Goldman said this research could help farmers understand how quickly their soil can recover after certain agricultural practices. “eDNA […]

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Maine Public to rebroadcast UMaine video about rising sea levels 

Maine Public will rebroadcast a University of Maine-produced video about rising sea levels in Maine on Nov. 3 and 5 as part of the station’s film series.  “Rising Tides: Changes in Sea Level along the Maine Coast,” produced by Ron Lisnet, manager of visual media for UMaine’s Division of Marketing and Communications, will be included […]

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A photo of an aerial view a mobile home park in Vermont

UMaine awarded $79K NOAA grant to study climate change resilience for mobile homes

The University of Maine will partner with regional institutions to study climate change resilience of mobile home parks in the Northeast, thanks to funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA). The NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnerships program, formerly the Regional Integrated Science and Assessments (RISA) program, awarded more than $79,000 to Sean Birkel, Maine […]

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Photo of a crowd attending the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland.

UMaine-led delegation of students, faculty attending UN climate summit 

A University of Maine-led delegation of students and faculty will witness world leaders, diplomats and experts negotiate global policies to address climate change at a United Nations summit from Nov. 7–18 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.  By attending the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27), graduate students and […]

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A rendering of a G-protein

UMaine study reveals how proteins in yeast communicate to find mates

Understanding the family of cellular on/off switches known as G-proteins is important because these proteins control a lot of the communication between cells in the human body and beyond. A new study from the University of Maine has revealed more details about how these essential proteins function in coordinating the cellular response to two contradictory […]

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‘The Maine Question’ explores work of McGillicuddy Humanities Center 

For 10 years, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center has bolstered student and faculty creative works and research in history, geography, language, social sciences and the arts. It funds and supports fellowships, lectures, symposia, panels, performances and exhibitions. In this episode five of season seven of “The Maine Question,” Center director Beth Wiemann, discusses her team’s work […]

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Mitchell Center to host talk on Maine Sustainability Hub Oct. 24

The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk titled “The Maine Sustainability Hub: Building a Sustainability Community at UMaine” at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 24. Starting in spring 2021, a group of UMaine faculty and students began imagining a sustainability hub that would organize […]

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