For all early career scientists, post-doctoral students, and graduate students interested in writing more effective broader impact statements in their funding proposals, a free workshop on the topic will be held April 11 at the Seacoast Science Center in Rye, New Hampshire. Deadline to apply for the free Broader Impact Collaboration Workshop is March...
Leading environmental journalist Fred Pearce believes an unprecedented land grab is taking place around the world in anticipation of future food shortages by people eager to profit from them. Pearce will give a talk at the College of Atlantic’s Gates Community Center in Bar Harbor, Maine, on Friday, March 1 at 7 p.m. His...
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) is accepting nominations for its annual Secretary’s Awards for Excellence in Energy and Environmental Education until Thursday, March 22. EEA Secretary Rick Sullivan will present awards this spring to Massachusetts teachers and students involved in school-based programs that promote environmental and energy education....
The Gulf of Maine Times is trying a new format for a while and this is the first of several, shorter monthly e-editions. For the next few months, we will be looking at climate change around the Gulf, and what’s being done in the United States and Canada to mitigate its effects. This edition...
“If you put the same amount of CO2 in both the Gulf of Maine and the Gulf of Mexico right now, the ecosystem in the Gulf of Maine would probably feel the effects more dramatically,” he said. “Acidity is already relatively high in that region, and the saturation of calcium carbonate — the mineral...
“Marine conservation leaders will convene at Colby College in Waterville Friday, March 8, for a conference on the future of Maine’s coastal communities, ecosystems, and fisheries. The conference, “Changing Oceans and the Future of the Gulf of Maine: Solutions, Success, and Sustainability,” is sponsored by Colby’s Environmental Studies Program. It will bring together experts...
