The Portland Press Herald reported the Maine Department of Marine Resources is questioning the reliability of a new study that predicts a sharp decline in Gulf of Maine lobsters over the next 30 years. The Gulf of Maine Research Institute, University of Maine and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration built a computer model that predicts […]
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Jacquelyn Gill, a University of Maine paleoecologist, and her research is the focus of the Motherboard article, “This ecologist finds clues to Anthropocene survival in ice age extinctions.” Gill describes herself as “an ice age ecologist in a warming world,” according to the article. As an expert on the Pleistocene era and an advocate for […]
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Jonathan Rubin, director of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and professor of resource economics and policy at the University of Maine, spoke with the Associated Press for an article about how road salt is threatening waters in the United States. For decades, salt has been the cheapest and most effective way to cut down […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in a Portland Press Herald feature on Bob Moosmann, vegetation manager for the Maine Department of Transportation. Aware of the threat that colony collapse disorder presents to bees, Moosmann wanted to promote restorative projects to help bring back pollinators. He started collaborating with counterparts at transportation agencies through New […]
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Philip Trostel, a professor of economics at the University of Maine, was mentioned in the Education Dive article, “Are institutional investments in athletics driving negative perceptions of higher ed?” During December’s Higher Education Government Relations Conference in San Diego, Trostel said there’s a growing sense of public disdain for paying for higher education on the […]
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Neal Pettigrew, a professor of oceanography at the University of Maine, was interviewed by Mount Desert Islander for an article about the current state of UMaine’s network of data-gathering buoys in the Gulf of Maine. Pettigrew is the director of the Gulf of Maine Ocean Observatory System, which designed and built the buoys and deployed […]
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The Voice-Tribune cited statistics from the University of Maine Lobster Institute about rare-colored lobsters in a story about Louisville, Kentucky’s annual lobster feast fundraiser called Legendary Louisville. For the event, a fascinator (headpiece) was designed by Christine A. Moore of New York City to pay homage to both the city’s Lobster Feast as well as […]
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The Portland Press Herald and Associated Press reported on a recently published study that found conservation practices employed in the Gulf of Maine have allowed the lobster fisheries of northern New England to thrive during a time of increased ocean warming, while fisheries in southern New England have declined drastically. The study included researchers from […]
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The Sun Journal cited University of Maine hydrogeologist Andrew Reeve in a story about the Maine company that began selling unfiltered, untreated “raw water.” According to the report, Summit Spring Water Inc., which sells the bottled water under the brand Tourmaline Spring, went viral following the publication of a December New York Times story outlining […]
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World Fishing & Aquaculture and Undercurrent News carried portions of a media release from Maine EPSCoR at the University of Maine. The stories indicated that research conducted by UMaine assistant professor of economics Caroline Noblet and assistant professor of risk communication Laura Rickard found that strategic outreach and consumer education could lead to a growth […]
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