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A study from the University of Maine shows that bringing together academics and tourism developers on Mount Desert Island is an effective way to identify climate change impacts and determine what can be done to address them given a community’s strengths, limitations and resources.  

IT is good to always be reminded of the past so that we may be guided – now – if we so want. This advice appears to be currently condemned to the realm of

The Business Research Company’s Environment, Conservation And Wildlife Organizations Global Market Report 2022 – Market Size, Trends, And Global Forecast 2031

Some ecologists warn that the ‘mindless’ creation of forests in areas where they would not naturally grow can damage fragile and unique ecosystems.

As a scientist, I’d rather be working on graphs and describing solutions to the climate crisis. But upcoming elections matter.

The wolf population doubled to 28. The moose population declined 28%. More pups, increased predation and pesky parasites are among highlights of the 63rd annual Isle Royale Winter Study.

Editor’s note: Intermedia students’ nanocellulose art will be on public display on Aug. 24 from 4:30–6:30 p.m. at the Wells Conference Center. Nanocellulose is a malleable material. In a mixture that is 97% water, nanocellulose looks like yogurt or paste. When freeze-dried, it has the consistency of Styrofoam. Fully dried, it’s like a plastic tile.  […]

HOUGHTON — Gogebic Community College forestry instructor Bill Perkis was inducted into Michigan Technological University’s College of Forest

Villagers are creating forests in the cold desert to help curb climate change, but experts say it hurts delicate ecosystems

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $1.65 million across a team of researchers at five institutions that includes Shawn Fraver, associate professor of forest ecology at the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, to study methane sinks in Northern Forests. The total award to UMaine is $239,679.  Methane is second only to carbon dioxide […]