The Bangor Daily News and Morning Ag Clips reported that the University of Maine has established a new partnership with Sue Hunter to advance research on per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, on her farm in Unity, Maine. The agreement provides faculty and staff within UMaine’s Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station access to Hunter’s […]
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The University of Maine established a new partnership with Sue Hunter to advance research on per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, on her farm in Unity, Maine. The agreement provides faculty and staff within UMaine’s Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station access to Hunter’s property to advance replicated, experimental research focused on how PFAS moves […]
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The National Wildlife Federation has awarded Greg LeClair, a Ph.D. student with the University of Maine’s Ecology and Environmental Sciences Program and founder of Maine Big Night, the National Conservation Young Leader Award. According to the organization, LeClair was recognized, “for his tireless dedication to protecting wildlife through innovative solutions and collaboration throughout Maine.” His […]
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News Center Maine, the Bangor Daily News, WABI-TV (Channel 5), WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) and WPFO (Channel 23 in Portland) reported on funding secured in an appropriations bill by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins for the upcoming PFAS Center of Excellence at the University of Maine. The funds will assist with the modernization, renovation and […]
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In an article about the nematode worm C. elegans using static electricity to jump into the air, New Scientist cited previous research from Víctor Ortega Jiménez, assistant professor of integrative avian biology and biomechanics at the University of Maine, showing that a different nematode worm, Steinernema carpocapsae, uses static electricity to jump onto insects it […]
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In an article about blue crab populations increasing in the Gulf of Maine, the Mount Desert Islander cited research from the University of Maine which concluded that blue crabs are beginning to populate coastal areas in Maine, particularly in Casco Bay, at a time when the population in Chesapeake Bay has seen record low numbers. […]
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In an article about Mainers receiving $235 million in settlements from companies that fueled the opioid epidemic, The Maine Monitor cited information from the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center about overdoses. The reports from the center show that in 1997, just one year after OxyContin came on the market, 30 people in […]
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The Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) cited data from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer in an article about the impact of recent high ocean temperatures on this year’s hurricane season.
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News Center Maine, the Bangor Daily News, MaineBiz, WFVX-TV (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) and Energy News Network reported that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded $650,000 to a University of Maine project investigating the impacts of climate change on wild blueberry ecosystems and economics.
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Determining how climate change will affect spruce forests along Maine’s coastline and inspiring new ways to conserve them is the goal of a new study by University of Maine faculty and students. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded $643,848 for the project, led by Jay Wason III, […]
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