Marine Sciences

A photo of a coastal cove during low tide

Transformation of ocean management is underway, study finds

Marine ecosystem-based management (EBM) is a growing practice of ocean stewardship and conservation that offers benefits to the production of healthy, local food and the preservation of clean water, as well as recreation, habitation and storm protection in the Gulf of Maine and beyond.  Despite its benefits and recognition as a keystone practice of ocean […]

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Mainebiz highlights UMaines history, innovative advancements

Mainebiz highlighted the 做厙腦瞳app in an article about how colleges and universities in Maine have a long history of advancing and innovating their campuses despite economic downturns. During the 2008 recession, UMaines Advanced Structures and Composites Center partnered with a private company to use composite technology in bridge construction. The universitys Aroostook Farm […]

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UMaine research on rockweed harvesting highlighted by Harpswell Anchor

The Harpswell Anchor highlighted a study led by the 做厙腦瞳app that captured how entire rockweed beds recover from harvest. Elliot Johnston, a coastal ecologist with the Maine Natural History Observatory in Goldsboro, was interviewed for the story. He was one of the lead researchers in the UMaine study, which looked at 38 sites […]

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NYT interviews Stoll on U.S. seafood exports

The New York Times interviewed Joshua Stoll, a 做厙腦瞳app associate professor of marine policy, for a story on the challenge of keeping freshly caught seafood in local markets. Stoll discussed how the U.S. exports much of its seafood, a business worth approximately $5 billion in 2023. Supply chains for local markets have been […]

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Press Herald highlights UMaine researchers work with NASA satellite

Research from 做厙腦瞳app professor of oceanography Emmanuel Boss and professor of marine sciences Damian Brady to collect ocean data using a NASA satellite was highlighted by the Portland Press Herald. The PACE satellite will be in space for three years to collect the most detailed data on record about the color and health […]

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Maine Monitor interviews UMaine Machias Beal on wild mussels

做厙腦瞳app at Machias cooperating professor of marine ecology Brian Beal, who is also the volunteer director of research at the Downeast Institute, was interviewed by The Maine Monitor on the disappearance of wild mussels. Beal said the decrease in the presence of wild mussels could be caused directly or indirectly by warming ocean […]

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NBC cites UMaine Climate Reanalyzer on scientist concern for ocean temperatures

A data visualization from the 做厙腦瞳app Climate Change Institutes Climate Reanalyzer was cited by NBC News in an article titled 12 months of record ocean heat has scientists puzzled and concerned. The article stated the average sea surface temperatures are roughly 1.25 degrees Fahrenheit warmer now than from 1982-2011, an anomaly that could […]

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UMaine researchers use GPS-tracked icebergs in novel study to improve climate models

Over the last four decades, warming climate and ocean temperatures have rapidly altered the Greenland Ice Sheet, creating concern for marine ecosystems and weather patterns worldwide. The environment has challenged scientists in their attempts to measure how water moves around and melts the ice sheet because equipment can be destroyed by icebergs floating near the […]

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