More than 50 people gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center’s new Lowes Cove pier and floating docks. Faculty, staff and students will utilize the new pier on the shore of the Damariscotta River for UMaine research, teaching and outreach initiatives. Citizen scientists monitoring the estuarine environment and K–12 […]
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Christopher Davis, executive director of the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center and a resident of the Darling Marine Center, will be a panelist at a May 18 event in Portland that explores how to sustain healthy oceans and responsible growth. The free event at the University of Southern Maine Abromson Center begins with a 6:30 p.m. […]
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The University of Maine’s College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture celebrated outstanding faculty and students during a ceremony on April 26. The college selected just three of its over 150 faculty members for recognition. The dean’s office honored Dr. Gayle Zydlewski, an Associate Professor of Marine Sciences in the School of Marine Sciences, with […]
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Skylar Bayer, a graduate student in the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences, successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Dr. Rick Wahle was her advisor. With a background in deep-sea ecology, Bayer came to the Center in 2011 to study the fertilization and reproductive ecology of commercially important fisheries species. Focusing on […]
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The College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture at the University of Maine honored eight graduate students for their exemplary achievements during a banquet on April 26. The invitation-only event attracted over 400 university students, staff and friends. These outstanding students include: Brianne Du Clos, The Norris Charles Clements Graduate Student Award The Norris Charles […]
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Parker Gassett, a graduate student studying marine policy and biology at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News in support of Maine Sea Grant that could be facing federal budget cuts.
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WABI (Channel 5) reported students from Swan’s Island School and the University of Maine’s Marine Sciences Club boarded the Maine Maritime Academy’s training ship to present their 5-foot sailboats for launching on the ship’s next training voyage. The students, along with schools from seven other countries, are participating in the Atlantic Miniboat Regatta, according to […]
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Emmanuel Boss, a professor of oceanography at the University of Maine, spoke with Scientific American for an article about four climate-related NASA satellite missions that face possible elimination under the budget proposed by President Donald Trump’s administration. Boss is the science team lead of the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud and ocean Ecosystem (PACE) project, one of […]
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Maine Public spoke with Bob Steneck, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, for the report, “Researchers discontinue annual lobster season forecast after complaints from industry.” Portland’s Gulf of Maine Research Institute is dropping its yearly forecast of when lobster landings in Maine will begin their annual surge. The move comes after […]
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Mark Wells, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine who studies harmful algal blooms, was mentioned in the Nature article, “Climate change is making algal blooms worse.” Harmful algal blooms can occur when changes in water conditions lead to an increased growth in the number of a particular species of algae. The […]
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