Scott Johnson, a professor of tectonics and structural geology and director of the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine, is the focus of a Science Trends “My Science Life” feature. “I have a wide range of interests in the general fields of tectonics, structural geology and rheology,” Johnson wrote. When […]
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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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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will connect K–12 students in Maine and around the country to UMaine student researchers in the field as part of its Follow a Researcher® program. The program, now in its fourth year, is designed to give students a glimpse into a student scientist’s world by providing live expedition updates and […]
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The Working Waterfront published an article on a citizen science research project being led by Alice Kelley, a geoarchaeologist at the University of Maine. Located along Maine’s coast and islands, prehistoric shell middens are in danger of being wiped out by the rapid acceleration of rising sea levels, according to Kelley, who is helping organize a […]
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An analysis of ice core data and historical records conducted by scientists from Harvard University and the University of Maine Climate Change Institute was the focus of the Popular Science article, “A 14th-century plague helped reveal just how long humans have polluted the planet.” The study indicates that much less lead occurs naturally in the air than […]
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The National Science Foundation has awarded a one-year, $100,000 grant for continuing a University of Maine citizen-science project aimed at protecting lake water quality in the state. The grant will help extend the project, which began in 2015 with funding from UMaine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, into 2018 and beyond. Maine lakes […]
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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 College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture brought a wealth of experience and expertise to its community when it welcomed new faculty this fall. Over the next few months we will feature new faculty to help you get acquainted with these new members of our community. Please join us in welcoming Katherine Allen as […]
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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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