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 […]
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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 […]
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Plourde designs free iPad app based on Borns’ map of Maine Ice Age Trail.
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The Darling Marine Center announces events for students, researchers and community members.
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UMaine researchers adapt DNA method to detect invasive fishes in Maine waters.
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Hamlin discovers certain plastic bags leach nonylphenol in concentrations toxic to fish.
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Camp merges environmental science, traditional Native culture.
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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 […]
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UMaine scientists in Mongolia seek to learn about processes that launch Earth out of an ice age.
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Remembering UMaine’s first female entomologist.
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