Graduate students host BioBlitz to count species on campus
Thousands of humans live on the 660-acre University of Maine campus. So too, do many other species. To find out how many others and which ones, the School of Biology […]
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Bangor Daily cites UMaine climate change report in story about Maine in 2100
The Bangor Daily News cited a 2020 report about climate change drafted by researchers at the University of Maine in a story about environmental conditions in Maine in the year […]
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Seacoastonline op-ed cites UMaine climate report
Seacoastonline cited a report on Maine’s climate future authored by University of Maine climate scientists in a column highlighting the many impacts of severe drought, which the author describes as […]
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Pen Bay Pilot advances Mayewski Zoom webinar
The Penobscot Bay Pilot promoted a free, online presentation by Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. “The Arctic, Maine, and the First Abrupt […]
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UMaine Celebration of Student Research and Creative Activity, Aug. 23–27
A Celebration of Student Research and Creative Activity at the University of Maine will be held daily, Aug. 23–27, from 1:30–2:30 p.m. in the Collins Center for the Arts. The […]
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Levesque’s NSF CAREER award supports study of small mammal thermoregulation, energy use in changing climate
Endothermy, or the ability to maintain body temperature at a constant and elevated level, is a signature mammalian characteristic. But global climate change is affecting mammalian temperature regulation in a […]
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Fernandez discusses UN climate report with WAGM
Ivan Fernandez, a University of Maine professor of soil science and forest resources, talked with WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) about the recently released United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on […]
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Down East cites Tasnim study, IPPM in story about how blueberry industry supports sustainability
Down East magazine spoke with Rafa Tasnim, a Ph.D. student in ecology and environmental sciences at the University of Maine, about a study which revealed that Washington County’s blueberry fields […]
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Hazuková to examine whether West Greenland lakes emit or capture carbon
Next April, Václava “Vendy” Hazuková will go to an arid, treeless area in West Greenland to solve a puzzle. It’s not known how lakes there contribute to Arctic carbon cycling […]
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Seacoastonline cites Beith presentation describing ‘existential ethics’
Seacoastonline reported on a presentation by Don Beith, a University of Maine assistant professor of philosophy, which challenged attendees to think about changing their habits based on their ecological impact. […]
