• What to do about fossil fuel CO2

    The School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute present: What to do about fossil fuel CO2 a guest lecture by:Dr. Wallace S. Broecker Newberry Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Columbia University   Wednesday, October 19, 2016 12 PM Bryand Global Sciences […]

  • Autumn Dessert Social for Darling Marine Center Friends and Neighbors

    Darling Marine Center 193 Clarks Cove Road, walpole, ME, United States

    Friends and neighbors of the Darling Marine Center are invited to an Autumn Dessert Social on Wednesday, October 19, to learn about the developing plans for the future of University of Maine’s marine laboratory. The social will take place in Brooke Hall on the DMC’s lower waterfront campus from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. The event […]

  • Deep sea corals and policy of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument

    Little Hall, Room 211 38, 64 E Mall Rd, Orono, ME, United States

    Deep sea corals and policy of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument Drs. Rhian Waller and Aaron Strong University of Maine   On September 15th, 2016, President Obama designated the 4,913 square-mile Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Marine Monument off the coast of New England. Among the main drivers for its creation was the […]

  • The Estuarine Axis of Evil: How Tidal Wetlands Toxify Mercury From the Air and Spit It Out Into Coastal Waters

    Senator George J. Mitchell Center Norman Smith Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

    School of Marine Sciences and Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries and Conservation Biology Joint Seminar October 21, 2016 11:00 a.m. ~ Senator George Mitchell Center Dr. Brian Bergamaschi USGS – Sacramento Field Office The Estuarine Axis of Evil: How Tidal Wetlands Toxify Mercury From the Air and Spit It Out Into Coastal Waters Elevated mercury levels […]

  • Fruit Syndromes: Do fruit traits match the behavior and sensory adaptations of their dispersers?

    107 Norman Smith Hall orono, ME, United States

    School of Biology and Ecology Fall Seminar Series presents Dr. Kim Valenta McGill University Fruit Syndromes: Do fruit traits match the behavior and sensory adaptations of their dispersers?   For information:  Dr. Michelle Smith michelle.k.smith@maine.edu 207-581=2604   All are Welcome! Refreshments served at 3:00 p.m.   If you are a person with a disability and […]

  • The Barbara Wheatland Seminar Series

    Presented by:  Scott Ollinger | Professor | University of New Hampshire Hosted by: The Barbara Wheatland Seminar Series The Barbara Wheatland Seminar Series seeks to recruit prominent speakers on advanced, cutting edge research and applications of remote sensing and associated geospatial technology that relate to forestry, conservation, climate change, or other areas of concern. The […]

  • The ecological physiology of migratory and desert adapted birds

    107 Norman Smith Hall orono, ME, United States

    School of Biology and Ecology Fall Seminar Series presents Dr. Alex Gerson University of Massachusetts, Amherst The ecological physiology of migratory and desert adapted birds Host: Danielle Levesque   For information:  Dr. Michelle Smith michelle.k.smith@maine.edu 207-581=2604   All are Welcome! Refreshments served at 3:00 p.m.   If you are a person with a disability and […]

  • Nicole’s Trick or Trot 5K: Make-a-Wish Race-Walk

    Two senior nursing students, Kailey Dowd & Brianna Snedeker, have organized a 5K Race-Walk on campus, Sunday, October 30th, to benefit the Make-a-Wish Foundation for their NUR 452 Community Health Nursing project. In Memory of Nicole Langlois, former Maine swimmer who passed away in September from breast cancer. Nicole appreciated being the recipient of a […]

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  • Progress Towards Understanding the Magnitude of the Permafrost Carbon Feedback

    Presented by: David McGuire | Professor of Ecology | University of Alaska Fairbanks & Senior Scientist | USGS Alaska, Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Hosted by: The Barbara Wheatland Seminar Series The Barbara Wheatland Seminar Series seeks to recruit prominent speakers on advanced, cutting edge research and applications of remote sensing and associated geospatial […]