BBC interviews McGill on repercussions of a 1990s biosphere experiment 

BBC interviews McGill on repercussions of a 1990s biosphere experiment 

BBC interviewed Brian McGill, professor of ecological modeling at the University of Maine, on the Biosphere 2 experiment. Conducted in the 1990s, a small team tried to survive in a hermetically sealed space containing replicas of Earth’s ecosystems. McGill suggested the biosphere’s pollinators may have died off because the glass enclosure blocked ultraviolet light, which the […]

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Angela Mech discusses browntail moth removal with News Center

News Center Maine featured Angela Mech, assistant professor of forest entomology at the University of Maine, to discuss long-term solutions to remove brown tail moth populations. “I just hope that we can find ways to reduce any of those impacts as much as possible.” Said Mech.

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Science News talks with Jacquelyn Gill on ‘wooly mice’

Science News spoke with University of Maine professor of terrestrial paleoecology Jacquelyn Gill on an experiment to de-extinct the wooly mammoth by breeding mice. “I understand why someone would be compelled to see a mammoth,” Gill said. “I’ve never seen my study system in person, right? It only exists in my mind’s eye, because I study […]

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Jacquelyn Gill featured in national news on the genetic modification of gray wolves

Jacquelyn Gill, professor of terrestrial paleoecology, was featured in reports from Science.org, Scientific American, Science News, The Next Web and Cyber News on Colossal Biosciences’s genetic modification of gray wolf pups to resemble the dire wolf, an extinct species. “[The pups] don’t have any traits that would allow us to understand the dire wolf any better than we did yesterday,” Gill said, […]

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ELH 2024-2025 Awards

Undergraduate Student Awards Graduate Student Awards Faculty and Staff Awards Research Collaboration Award  Wild Blueberry Research Team: Brian McGill, Jennifer Perry, Jonathan Malacarne, Lily Calderwood, Philip Fanning, Rachel Schattman, Robson Machado, Sean Birkel, Seanna Annis, Stephanie Miller, Yongjiang Zhang. Biochar Collaborative: Adam Daigneault, Ivan Fernandez, Lily Calderwood, Ling Li, Qing Jin, Seanna Annis, Shane O’Neill, Yongjiang Zhang. 

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