Arthur Barry Adoff, a graduate student in the University of Maine School of Social Work, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Medicaid expansion would be a ‘win-win’ for Maine.” Adoff also is a writer who lives in Veazie.
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WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) cited a study conducted by the Maine Forest Products Council and the University of Maine in a report about the state’s pulp and paper industry. According to the study, the industry had an $8.5 billion economic impact in 2016. “We have gone through some transitions and we’re in the middle of […]
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Boston.com cited statistics from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine in a report about rare lobster colors. According to the Lobster Institute, lobsters that typically exist in the wild are “dark bluish green to greenish brown.” However, diet and genetics can create lobsters in colors including orange, yellow, blue and white, the article states. […]
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The Ellsworth American spoke with David Yarborough, a professor in the School of Food and Agriculture and wild blueberry specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for the article, “Blueberry growers are looking at marketing for industry relief.” As a blueberry season shortened by bad weather and financial issues comes to an end, industry experts said […]
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WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) cited statistics from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine in a report about a blue lobster that was caught off the coast of Pemaquid. The odds of catching a blue lobster are one in 2 million, according to the Lobster Institute.
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Alice Kelley, a geoarchaeologist at the University of Maine; and Jacque Miller, a graduate research assistant in the UMaine School of Earth and Climate Sciences, visited the studios of WABI (Channel 5) to discuss their work preserving Maine’s shell middens. Kelley, an associate research professor in the Climate Change Institute, cooperating professor in the Department of Anthropology […]
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The Portland Press Herald and Associated Press reported on University of Maine-led research that found summer temperatures in the Gulf of Maine are persisting two months longer than they were in the early 1980s. The findings have ramifications for marine life, fishermen and the strength of hurricanes, which appear in late summer and are fueled by warm […]
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A discussion on current weather events and their relation to past, present and future climate trends will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8 in Bryand Global Sciences Center, Room 307. The talk will be led by Sean Birkel and Bradfield Lyon, research professors at the University of Maine’s School of Earth and Climate […]
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BBC News, Canberra CityNews in Australia, International Business Times, New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME) and Outlook India reported on a new study led by the Australian National University that found animals and plants may live in warm caves under Antarctica’s glaciers. The animals and plants are suspected to be around Mount Erebus, an active volcano on Ross Island in Antarctica, where […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported on a joint project between the University of Maine and College of the Atlantic to study small- and medium-scale honey and maple syrup production in the state. The three-year project was awarded $498,462 by the United States Department of Agriculture in May. Jessica Leahy, a professor in UMaine’s School of Forest Resources, […]
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