Tirrell poem in Science ‘Pandemic Haiku’ edition
“Spring Melt Date,” a poem by University of Maine graduate student in ecology and environmental sciences Andrea Tirrell, was published in Science in the Pandemic Haiku collection.
“Spring Melt Date,” a poem by University of Maine graduate student in ecology and environmental sciences Andrea Tirrell, was published in Science in the Pandemic Haiku collection.

Imaging spectroscopy can help predict water stress in wild blueberry barrens, according to a University of Maine-led study. The technology involves measuring the light reflected off of objects depicted in […]
Sean Birkel, University of Maine research assistant professor and Maine’s state climatologist, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about an intense rainstorm in early June and its relation with climate […]

Increased local tourism and toxic substances transported to glaciers from distant locales can contribute to high concentrations of human-sourced metal pollution in snow and streams around Mount Everest that is […]
Casey Olechnowicz, a Ph.D. student in the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine, spoke with Down East magazine about using prescribed burns to reduce fire danger in […]

This summer, Rhian Waller will return to an area of the Atlantic Ocean that she last explored 16 years ago. And she’s inviting everyone interested in the deep sea and […]
The Maine Monitor talked with Sean Birkel, a University of Maine research assistant professor and Maine’s state climatologist, about the influence of surface winds and new wind patterns on climate […]
The Bangor Daily News published an op-ed from Cody Porter, chair of the Maine College Republicans and treasurer of its UMaine chapter, titled “Young Republican voters support action on climate […]
University of Maine researchers are studying how changes in rainfall patterns caused by climate change could affect strawberries in the Northeast. Principal investigator Rachel Schattman, an assistant professor of sustainable […]
WVII (Channel 7) talked with Rachel Schattman, a University of Maine assistant professor of sustainable agriculture, about the impact of changing rainfall patterns on strawberries in Maine. Morning Ag Clips […]