Talks on adapting to climate change in forests and along coasts, creating a just and sustainable food future, restoring native alewife populations, and financing upgrades to wastewater infrastructure will all be part of the 2019 Maine Sustainability & Water Conference on March 28 at the Augusta Civic Center. The conference includes 14 concurrent sessions, a […]
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The University of Maine recently published its Annual Research Report, showcasing the diversity of research by faculty and students and the impact of their work on the community — and beyond. The report demonstrates the success of interdisciplinary and collaborative research methods with stories that illustrate the positive outcomes and experience these techniques provide. “To […]
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As part of an interdisciplinary team examining ways to reduce food waste in Maine, a researcher in the University of Maine School of Economics and his undergraduate student assistant recently were awarded $17,000 from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for a startup composting program in the midcoast region. The funds will help implement […]
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Warming and cooling of tropical Pacific sea surface waters in the fall and winter can help predict the timing of spring ice-out dates in lakes across Maine and the North American region, according to recent studies by University of Maine researchers. The ability to predict the timing of lake ice out at least a season […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host Sustainability Lightning Talks from 3–4 p.m. Nov. 19. The five-minute talks will focus on student sustainability research in Maine, and will be held in Norman Smith Hall, Room 107. For more information, contact Ruth Hallsworth, hallsworth@maine.edu.
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Eurekalert and ScienceDaily published a University of Maine news release about research led by Sam Roy, a postdoctoral researcher at the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, on decisions about whether to build, remove or modify dams, and how, where and when it could be possible to strike a more efficient balance between […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions is welcoming abstract submissions for Lightning Talks to be held Monday, Nov. 19. All students involved in sustainability research are encouraged to submit an abstract for the talks, which will focus on student research in Maine. Submissions especially are welcome from students involved in research with […]
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The relationship between community resilience and reuse markets is the focus of a recently funded project led by University of Maine researchers. Cynthia Isenhour, a professor of anthropology and climate change, and Andrew Crawley, a professor of regional economic development, were awarded $265,147 from the National Science Foundation to examine Maine’s reuse markets and their […]
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Nature Sustainability quoted David Hart, a professor of biological sciences and the director of the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine, in the article, “Meeting the leadership challenges for interdisciplinary environmental research.” The Mitchell Center has been involved for more than a decade in an interdisciplinary tidal energy […]
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EurekAlert, ScienceDaily and Technology Networks carried a University of Maine news release about a paper by researchers, including lead author Joshua Stoll of the School of Marine Sciences and the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, focusing on global trade related to the lobster industry. The paper maps the global trade routes for lobster, focusing on the obscured […]
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