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Whike kayaking the Maine coast in May 2014, geology professor Dyk Eusden '80 and his students were blown off course — and into the welcoming an magical world of artist Ashley Bryan, who died last week at age 98.

New rooms for young generations: The MARUM UNISchullabor has been building a bridge between school and university for 20 years. After the pandemic break and renovation, the team is now inviting groups to the new and redesigned laboratories on the Bre

Scientists have reiterated the need for particular vigilance this season, stating that because weather and/or meteorological phenomena are beyond human control, the focus should remain on reducing local emissions.

With temperature dropping -- and other meteorological factors such as wind speed slowing down, wind direction changing, haze setting in, pollution levels are again in the "very poor" and "hazardous" categories in most cities ...

A University of Maine archaeological survey team has received a grant from the Maine Historical Preservation Commission to use technology to update the status of four prehistoric coastal shell middens in Lincoln County that are now on the National Register of Historic Places. The $23,000 MHPC grant, which has been matched by UMaine, supports a […]

The storm, which may strengthen to a tropical storm on Tuesday, remained in the middle of the Atlantic and was unlikely to have any direct impact on the U.S.

The find, one of the richest on Earth, could test Maine’s 2017 metallic mining laws, considered the strictest in the nation.

The Maine Monitor interviewed Martin Yates about a $1.5 billion lithium deposit discovered outside of Newry. Yates, a laboratory manager and instructor for the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine, discussed regulations for open pit mining and the environmental issues surrounding the practice. “The call to restrict open pit mining […]

Now partially exposed, the deposit is estimated to have a higher percentage lithium content by weight than any other in the world.

NEWRY — The richest known hard rock lithium deposit in the world lies a few miles northeast of the ski slopes of Sunday River and not far from Step Falls, where swimmers can wade in shallow pools formed by hundreds of feet of cascading granite ledge...