A team of researchers, aquaculture production specialists and educators in Maine, Rhode Island and New Hampshire will be working to help transform the sea urchin fishery by supporting green sea urchin aquaculture efforts in New England. The team — which includes Steve Eddy and Luz Kogson at the University of Maine, Dana Morse with Maine […]
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News Center Maine talked with Lenard Kaye, a University of Maine professor of social work and director of the Center on Aging, about a recent grant award to UMaine and the assisted living center The Cedars in South Portland. The $400,000 grant will be used to develop and pilot a person-centered care designation of excellence […]
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Habib Dagher, founding director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, and Melissa Maginnis, an associate professor of microbiology, will lead two online forums during the 2021 Maine Science Festival. The festival will offer six one-hour sessions via Zoom, one in January, one in February and one in March. Each session will […]
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The BBC cited a study by Andrew Pershing, a University of Maine marine scientist affiliated with the Climate Change Institute, in reporting about the role of whaling in releasing carbon into the atmosphere and how restoring whale populations could be a powerful tool for addressing climate change through carbon sequestration.
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The Bangor Daily News talked with Ivan Fernandez, University of Maine professor of soil science and forest resources, about the complexities of the carbon offset market and the impact of selling carbon credits on climate change. The Piscataquis Observer shared the BDN story.
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WABI (Channel 5) mentioned the University of Maine Center on Aging in a story intended to raise awareness of local hospice care services and resources.
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University of Maine professor of oceanography Emmanuel Boss, an internationally recognized researcher in ocean biogeochemistry and phytoplankton ecology, has been selected as a Fellow of The Oceanography Society. Boss was cited for his “contributions to and his leadership in ocean optics and its use in mapping biogeochemical processes in the ocean, for his inspirational teaching, […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Adam Daigneault, the E.L. Giddings Assistant Professor of Forest, Conservation and Recreation Policy at the University of Maine, about the growing carbon offset market and the need to actively manage forests to maximize carbon sequestration.
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Mainebiz picked up a University of Maine news release highlighting an award of $4.8 million from the Defense Logistics Agency Energy Readiness Program to UMaine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (FBRI). According to Hemant Pendse, FBRI director, the grant will support significant facility upgrades and continuing research into the development of novel products, including alternative fuels, […]
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Understanding the immune systems of oysters and clams is important in monitoring the effects of pollution and climate change on the health of molluscan species and the potential impacts on the aquaculture industry. Their immune responses also can serve as indicators of changes in ocean environments. A new study involving the University of Maine assessed […]
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