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Archive: March 2010
Jumars Comments in Algae-to-Biofuel Article
March 18, 2010
Peter Jumars, director of UMaine's School of Marine Sciences, was interviewed for a Portland Press Herald article on research at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences to use phytoplankton as a potential biofuel. http://www.pressherald.com/news/bigelow-lab-hoping-tiny-pays-off-big_2010-03-16.html
Acheson Quoted in Lobstering Article
March 18, 2010
UMaine professor of anthropology and marine sciences Jim Acheson was interviewed for a story in today's Bangor Daily News about tension in the Maine lobster industry as the new season approaches, and how the Maine Marine Patrol is preparing for it. For complete story go to: http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/139147.html
Iron Fertilization Causes Toxic Algal Blooms
March 16, 2010
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A., provided the following press release concerning an article soon to be published by Charles Trick, Mark Wells and others: "A design scheme to engineer microalgae blooms in the world’s oceans in order to reduce atmospheric CO2 levels could contaminate the oceans with a neurotoxin, according to a new study. Mark Wells, University of Maine, and colleagues report that fertilizing the ocean with iron, a strategy proposed to boost the...
UMaine Graduate Receives Marine Policy Fellowship
March 15, 2010
Maine Sea Grant has announced that the National Sea Grant College Program has awarded prestigious marine policy fellowships to two people with graduate degrees from Maine colleges, including Danielle Brzezinski, a 2009 graduate of the UMaine School of Marine Resources, who will join 45 fellow graduates from around the country to work on marine policy in Washington. http://www.umaine.edu/news/blog/2010/03/11/maine-graduates-to-explores-marine-policy-in-washington-dc/
Pettigrew Comments in Fisheries Forum Article
March 10, 2010
An article in today's Bangor Daily News about potential conflicts between the fisheries industry and offshore wind power proponents includes comments from Neal Pettigrew, UMaine professor of physical oceanography. http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/138475.html
recent trip to India for the meeting on Recent Advances in
March 1, 2010
Papers delivered by SMS grad students, Charlene Bergeron and Mahima Jaini were very well received. In fact, Charlene's received the Best Student Paper award. Our travel and participation in the 5-day conference was supported by the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum. We were the only US deligates in a field from India, Australia, Japan, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Spain, Norway, Israel, Mexico, Canada. Time will tell, but the conference looks to have opened new doors for...
recent trip to India for the meeting on Recent Advances in
March 1, 2010
Papers delivered by SMS grad students, Charlene Bergeron and Mahima Jaini were very well received. In fact, Charlene's received the Best Student Paper award. Our travel and participation in the 5-day conference was supported by the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum. We were the only US deligates in a field from India, Australia, Japan, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Spain, Norway, Israel, Mexico, Canada. Time will tell, but the conference looks to have opened new doors for...
Could carbon credit schemes save the whale?
March 1, 2010
It's likely that commercial whaling has released around one hundred million tons of carbon to the atmosphere over a century or so. That's according to researcher Andrew Pershing, who believes that carbon credit schemes could be employed as an incentive to protect whales and large fish such as bluefin tuna. http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/futures/41872
Discovery News Reports on Pershing Research
March 1, 2010
Discovery News on Friday carried an article on its Web site about UMaine School of Marine Sciences faculty member and researcher Andrew Pershing, who has calculated the amount of carbon stored in the bodies of whales can be compared to forest fires in terms of carbon released to the atmosphere when whales are caught and killed by whale hunters. http://news.discovery.com/earth/whales-carbon-climate-change.html
UMaine Scientist Outlines Whales' Carbon Storage Capacity
March 1, 2010
Comments by UMaine School of Marine Science researcher and faculty member Andrew Pershing about the carbon-storage capacity of whales were reported by the BBC News today. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8538033.stm
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