Dianne Kopec, faculty fellow at the University of Maine Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, spoke to the Maine Monitor about PFAS in marine life. Kopec explained that unlike pollutants such as PCBs or DDT, which primarily accumulate within fatty tissue, or mercury, which primarily accumulates in proteins and muscle tissue, PFASs concentrations are highest in […]
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In an article about the first-ever auction of offshore wind leases in California, Cal Matters spoke to Habib Dagher, founding executive director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. “There’s a lot of opportunities, but there’s also some challenges. California has deeper waters than any other areas with these floating turbines so […]
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The Bangor Daily News, MaineBiz, Engineering News-Record: New England and WABI-TV (Channel 5) reported that the Governor’s Energy Office’s Clean Energy Partnership program awarded the University of Maine $266,669 for OffshoreWind4Maine, an initiative led by Amrit Verma, assistant professor of mechanical engineering. The program will offer hands-on curricula that will give high school and UMaine […]
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Noah Charney, assistant professor in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Conservation Biology at the University of Maine, spoke to the Bangor Daily News about the Three Corners Solar Project in Kennebec County. Charney independently reviewed the project’s application documents and analyzed different online habitat maps. He said that though the development will likely disrupt […]
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The Mount Desert Islander noted that Susanne Lee, faculty fellow at the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, will talk about the link at the Northeast Harbor Library on Dec. 8 at 5:30 p.m. The public can attend the talk in person or by Zoom. Register on the Northeast Harbor […]
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University of Maine researchers co-authored an article for Issues in Science and Technology about collaborating with Maine tribes to study mudflats to illustrate how community-university partnerships can strengthen deliberative and democratic practices. The article was written by David Hart, director of the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and a professor in the […]
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Morning Ag Clips and Bangor Daily News reported that University of Maine researchers will study how wild blueberry growers can use biochar, charcoal-like material derived from the pyrolysis of wood, to increase soil moisture and aid in the crop’s ability to be resilient to drought. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Services […]
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On Nov. 21, the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) unveiled BioHome3D, the first 3D-printed house made entirely with bio-based materials. BioHome3D was developed with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hub and Spoke program between the UMaine and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Partners included MaineHousing and the Maine Technology Institute. […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that Rachel Schattman, assistant professor of sustainable agriculture at the University of Maine, presented at a forum organized by the Bangor Daily News and Maine Farmland Trust about removing toxic “forever chemicals” from the environment. Schattman is in the early stages of research on how PFAS chemicals are absorbed by […]
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