The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science featured UMaine research on the genome of the red algae, Porphyra umbilicalis. The 50-member research team, led by UMaine professor of marine sciences Susan Brawley, sequenced the genome of the red alga to better understand how it harvests light and nutrients, and how warming oceans might impact its ability to fix […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported K–12 students in Maine and around the country will be able to connect to a University of Maine graduate student during an expedition to Antarctica as part of the UMaine Cooperative Extension 4-H’s Follow a Researcher® program. The program, now in its fourth year, is designed to give students a glimpse into […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported University of Maine climate scientist Alice Kelley will speak at the College of the Atlantic’s Human Ecology Forum at 4:10 p.m. Oct. 17 in Bar Harbor. Kelley will explore the race to save Maine’s shell middens — piles of clam and oyster shells, archaeological artifacts and animal bones left by coastal indigenous […]
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Rick Wahle, a research professor in the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences, and Bob Bayer, executive director of the Lobster Institute at UMaine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article, “Maine lobster catch on track to hit lowest value this decade.” Due to an unfavorable combination of a dwindling catch and falling prices, […]
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Michael Day, an associate research professor of tree physiology and physiological ecology at the University of Maine, was cited in the USA Today report, “Is the unusual warmth ruining the fall foliage season?” The ongoing summerlike heat in the Northeast has dulled some of the annual foliage, according to the article. A very hot, dry September allowed […]
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A recent study led by Nishad Jayasundara, an assistant professor of marine physiology at the University of Maine, was cited in the Massive article, “We know terrifyingly little about how our bodies react to pollutants, but that’s changing.” The international research team focused on the mummichog, a common fish that primarily lives in estuaries, marshes and coastal […]
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Fosters.com reported researchers with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire have received a $499,883 USDA grant to investigate the economics of managing invasive plants in forests owned by private landowners. Jessica Leahy, an associate professor of human dimensions of natural resources at the University of Maine, is on the team […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in the Bangor Daily News editorial, “Maine should help give mass timber mass appeal.” The editorial argues the state could benefit greatly from turning the lumber from Maine woods into a variety of new products. Using any of the state’s vacant industrial spaces to manufacture mass timber products could dramatically lower […]
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The Portland Press Herald and Mainebiz reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station at UMaine are among the recipients of federal funding awarded to support Maine’s local food economy. Maine businesses and food projects will receive over $1 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree […]
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Maine Public, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on a new study on the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) written by Sandra Butler, a social work professor at the University of Maine. Maine Equal Justice Partners and Preble Street partnered to survey families around the state for the study, WABI reported. They study concluded that among Mainers who […]
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