- Success of Human Evolution is Actually Threatening Earth’s Future. Our cultural adaptations, particularly the industrial use of fossil fuels, have created dangerous global environmental problems that jeopardize our safety and access to future resources. https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2024/01/02/evolution-might-stop-humans-from-solving-climate-change-says-new-study/ 181 comments science
- First 100% bio-based 3D-printed home unveiled at the University of Maine - UMaine News https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2022/11/21/first-100-bio-based-3d-printed-home-unveiled-at-the-university-of-maine/ 261 comments futurology
- The rapid warming of the 20th century has reversed 900 years of cooling in the Gulf of Maine according to new research based on geochemical records obtained from Arctica islandica clam shells. https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2022/08/10/past-century-of-climate-warming-reverses-900-years-of-cooling-in-the-gulf-of-maine-study-shows/ 5 comments science
- New research shows certain exercises can help with muscular dystrophy https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2022/03/24/new-research-shows-certain-exercises-can-help-with-muscular-dystrophy/ 4 comments science
- Melting and sublimation on Mount Everest’s highest glacier due to human-induced climate change have reached the point that several decades of accumulation are being lost annually now that ice has been exposed. https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2022/02/03/human-induced-climate-change-impacts-the-highest-reaches-of-the-planet-mount-everest/ 5 comments science
- In a new study researchers found that culture helps humans adapt to their environment and overcome challenges better and faster than genetics. https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2021/06/02/umaine-researchers-culture-drives-human-evolution-more-than-genetics/ 17 comments science
- The waters off of New England are already warming faster than most of the world's oceans. The change rate is an increase of two summer days per year. Summer conditions in the gulf now last about two months longer than in 1982 https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2017/09/05/longer-stronger-summers-gulf-maine/ 6 comments science
- Cooperation in groups of resource users may be key to sustaining the environment. Using mathematical and computational modeling, researchers found that sustainable use of resources emerged more when societies were broken up into multiple groups, like states in the U.S., or countries in Europe. http://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/news/news-2/cooperation-dynamics-key-to-sustaining-natural-resources/ 4 comments science
- "Return from whence you came!" Golf balls bound to be hit into the ocean to be made from lobster shells, 100% biodegradable http://umaine.edu/news/blog/2011/03/30/umaine-researchers-use-lobster-shells-to-create-biodegradable-golf-ball/ 11 comments science