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War
in the North Woods |
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Maine's beech trees are
facing a second wave of disease by foreign invaders, leaving
landowners and scientists worried that the species may follow in the
footsteps of the chestnut and the elm. |
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Hot
Spot |
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Polar glaciologists Gordon Hamilton and Leigh Sterns are using
high-tech equipment, including NASA satellite technology, to better
measure the magnitude and distribution of changes in the Greenland
ice sheet. |
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Pleasing Palates |
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Longtime UMaine food
scientist Al Bushway and his colleagues receive hundreds of inquires
a year about small-scale food production in the state. The
scientists are instrumental in helping Maine's artisanal producers
succeed in the specialty food industry. |
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Personal
Intervention |
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At the heart of effective school dropout prevention efforts are
strong personal connections between students and school personnel,
according to Bill Davis, who has been doing research on at-risk
students in Maine for more than
two decades. |
