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Uncovering Peru’s History

In the lower Chao Valley on the north coast of Peru, University of Maine graduate student Ana Cecilia Mauricio is uncovering history. Mauricio defended her thesis this past May and is expected to graduate from the University of Maine with her Ph.D. in geoarcheology in August 2015. Her research focused on an archaeological preceramic period […]

Camp merges environmental science, traditional native culture

Weaving baskets while learning about brown ash identification and habitat is one of the hands-on projects at the Wabanaki Youth Science Program (WaYS) wskitkamikww, or Earth, summer camp June 22-26, at Cobscook Community Learning Center in Trescott. At the third annual WaYS summer camp, Native American youth in grades 9-12 also will use compasses and […]

DMC scientists discover ocean chloride buried in sediment

University of Maine marine scientists are part of a team that discovered chloride — the most common dissolved substance in seawater — can leave the ocean by sticking to organic particles that settle out of surface water and become buried in marine sediment. The discovery helps explain the fate of chloride in the ocean over […]

UMaine’s Pianka earns fellowship to work on marine policy issues

Karen Pianka, a graduate student in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine, has been awarded a Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship that begins in February 2016. Named after John A. Knauss, a founder of Sea Grant, a program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the fellowship matches graduate students with […]

UMaine researchers adapt DNA method to detect invasive fishes in Maine waters

UMaine researchers adapt DNA method to detect invasive fishes in Maine waters.

Hamlin discovers certain plastic bags leach nonylphenol in concentrations toxic to fish

Hamlin discovers certain plastic bags leach nonylphenol in concentrations toxic to fish.

Camp Combines Environmental Science, Traditional Native Culture

Camp merges environmental science, traditional Native culture.

UMaine Training 100 High School Students, Teachers to Help Solve Stormwater Problem

About 100 students and teachers from 12 high schools and local Native American communities around the state will gather at the University of Maine for a three-day program that focuses on creating innovative solutions to environmental problems related to stormwater management. UMaine Stormwater Management Research Team (SMART) Institute participants will work with university faculty, undergraduates […]

UMaine Scientists in Mongolia Seek to Learn About Processes That Launch Earth Out of an Ice Age

UMaine scientists in Mongolia seek to learn about processes that launch Earth out of an ice age.

Remembering UMaine’s First Female Entomologist

Remembering UMaine’s first female entomologist.

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