Political science major Dominique DiSpirito of Woonsocket, Rhode Island is the 2022 University of Maine valedictorian and Maxwell Burtis of Brunswick, Maine, a mechanical engineering major, is this year’s salutatorian. Both are students in the UMaine Honors College. “Dominique and Maxwell are truly outstanding members of our community and their UMaine student experiences are what […]
Maine may lose two tidal marsh songbird species in the next few decades. Salt marsh sparrows face extinction, while Acadian Nelson’s sparrows are threatened with extirpation localized eradication with the possibility of survival elsewhere. Their populations along the Eastern Seaboard have been declining as sea level rise destroys their habitats and, according to a […]
ORONO Mercury exposure is related to a 10% decrease in nest survival in two tidal marsh songbird species surveyed in four states, from Maine to New Jersey, according to a new University of Maine-led study. These species have been experiencing sharp.
A recent study headed by researchers at the University of Maine revealed that exposure to mercury is associated with a 10% drop in nest survival in two species of tidal marsh songbirds that were studied in four states, from Maine to New Jersey. Sea level rise is causing habitat loss for several of these species, and mercury might worsen already-existing population decline prompted by climate change.