Science News talks with Gill on ‘wooly mice’
Science News spoke with University of Maine professor of terrestrial paleoecology Jacquelyn Gill on an experiment to de-extinct the wooly mammoth by breeding mice. “I understand why someone would be […]
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CBS interviews Extension’s Lilley on climate change in the maple industry
CBS News interviewed Jason Lilley, Maine sustainable agriculture and maple industry educator, on practices in the maple industry to make sugarbushes more resilient to climate change. “I just don’t want […]
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UMaine experts participating in 2025 Maine Science Festival
University of Maine faculty and students will present at several events during the Maine Science Festival, a program of the Maine Discovery Museum in Bangor that will include more than […]
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Eos features Saros on changes in Greenland lakes
Eos featured University of Maine Climate Change Institute Associate Director Jasmine Saros to discuss a recent study she led which found that after two months of record heat and precipitation […]
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NYT interviews Runge on zooplankton
In an article titled “Rising Temperatures Are Scrambling the Base of the Ocean Food Web,” Jeffrey Runge, a zooplankton ecologist who recently retired as a professor from the University of […]
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Beal discusses clam decline with Harpswell Anchor
For an article titled “Once a form of currency, quahogs remain a steady source of cash,” The Harpswell Anchor interviewed Brian Beal, professor of marine ecology at the University of […]
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UMaine researchers present at AAAS annual meeting
Three University of Maine faculty — Heather Leslie, Sydne Record and Brenda Hall — spoke at the annual meeting for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on […]
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Expansion of corn crop pest into New England a possibility, UMaine study finds
While New England is well known for commodities such as maple syrup, wild blueberries and cranberries, its reputation for sweets extends to another crop: sweet corn. The 2023-24 crop production […]
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CBC Radio features Saros’ latest research on Greenland lakes
The CBC Radio program “Quirks and Quarks,” interviewed Jasmine Saros, associate director of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, on her latest research, which revealed that lakes in West […]
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Press Herald interviews Birkel on record heat in Maine during 2024
The Portland Press Herald interviewed Sean Birkel, assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute (CCI), on record high temperatures in the state during 2024. “We had a […]
