Research on climate change, agriculture, aquaculture and the environment intersect at mini-symposium

February 24, 2017 Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Maine Climate and Ag Network, School of Earth and Climate Sciences, School of Food and Agriculture, School of Forest Resources

The spring 2017 mini-symposium featured short, 8-10 minute talks by some of UMaine’s graduate and Honors students working on aspects of “agriculture and climate change”, broadly defined in this context to encompass related topics in agriculture, aquaculture, and the environment. To view or download a copy of each presentation, click the presentation’s title. The February 16 event was the third mini-symposium from the Maine Climate and Agriculture Network.

  1. “Agronomic Weeds and Climate Change: Scouting for Potential Invaders”
    Sonja Birthisel, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, School of Food and Agriculture
  2. “Small Maine Farmers’ Perceptions and Adaptations to Climate Change”
    Shireen Luick, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Honors College
  3. “Using a Crop Model to Assess Climate Adaptation Strategies for Potato-Grain Systems”
    Brogan Tooley, Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, School of Food and Agriculture
  4. “Non-Chemical Weed Management in a Changing Climate”
    Bryan Brown, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, School of Food and Agriculture
  5. “Persistent Pollutants: What Goes Around, Comes Around”
    Kimberley Rain Miner, Earth and Climate Sciences, School of Earth and Climate Sciences and the Climate Change Institute
  6. “Gathering Resilience Imaginaries: Towards Transformational Adaptation in the Peruvian Highlands”
    Jamie Haverkamp, Anthropology and Environmental Policy, Department of Anthropology and the Climate Change Institute
  7. “Plant Mediated Mineral Weathering in Elevated CO2”
    Brian Morra, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, School of Earth and Climate Sciences
  8. “The Effect of Snow Loss on Soil Nitrogen”
    Kaizad Patel, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, School of Forest Resources
  9. “Development of a Hydrodynamic Forecasting Model for the Damariscotta River Estuary”
    Kris Bears, Civil Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  10. “Historical Diversity of Maine’s Commercial Fisheries Highlights the Need for Aquaculture”
    Sam Belknap, Anthropology and Environmental Policy, Department of Anthropology and the Climate Change Institute

Click the following hyperlink to download a PDF of the Maine Climate and Agriculture Network 2017 Mini Symposium Flyer.