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Human evolution may prevent us from solving climate change, UMaine study finds
A new study by an international team led by evolutionary biologist Tim Waring says that humans are good at extracting resources from the Earth but struggle to cooperate on a scale necessary to fight worldwide environmental threats.
Meet the mice who make the forest
Scientists are unearthing a quiet truth about the woods: Where trees grow, or don’t, depends in part on the quirky decisions of small mammals.
Climate change may be starving Maine's baby lobsters
Maine scientists want to know whether baby lobsters aren't making it to adulthood because there isn't enough for them to eat.
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Researchers try producing potato resistant to climate change
University of Maine researchers are trying to produce potatoes that can better withstand warming temperatures as the climate changes.
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Maine's itchy caterpillar plague is making summer worse
Climate change is keeping temperatures higher in the fall, setting up browntail-moth caterpillars to boom in summer. It's a significant health hazard.
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Baby lobsters may be adaptable to changes in Gulf of Maine, study shows
A team examined how post-larval lobsters' genes react to the effects of ocean warming, acidification and the combination of both.
Regulators apply brakes to offshore wind power project led by UMaine
Maine Aqua Ventus vows to work with the Public Utilities Commission to keep its pilot project moving forward.
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