Science

Woman squatting in shallow water with floating eelgrass
March 9, 2020

Research in Acadia: 2019 Year in Review

by Emma Albee and Abe Miller-Rushing Acadia National Park hosts a vibrant and growing research community. In 2019, 175 researchers […]

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February 13, 2020

Maine’s Climate Future Report

Nearly every climate-related parameter measured in Maine is accelerating, according to “Maine’s Climate Future — 2020 Update,” the latest report […]

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Individual rockweeds attached to rocks spread on the floor
February 6, 2020

Answering the question, How much rockweed is there in Maine?

by Hannah Webber On January 28 we assembled a group of people from industry, management, conservation, research, and citizen science […]

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February 3, 2020

Fisichelli named President and CEO

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Nicholas Fisichelli as President and CEO. Fisichelli had been serving as […]

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January 16, 2020

Schoodic Institute Education Update

by Sarah Hooper and Bill Zoellick It’s a new year! In this issue, we bring you up to date on […]

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January 8, 2020

Schedule Updates for the Acadia Winter Festival

Surprise! We’re getting some ice and snow. Weather-related cancellations will be noted on the event page and individual events. Schoodic […]

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January 7, 2020

Gratitude at Year’s Beginning

At the the start of the new year, we look back on the work of our ecology technicians and interns, […]

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rocky shoreline with forest
December 31, 2019

Understory: The Conclusion

Story and photos by Catherine Schmitt Maine is the most forested state in the nation, with more than 90 percent […]

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November 29, 2019

Understory: The Future Forest of Acadia, Part 5

Story and photos by Catherine Schmitt Maine is the most forested state in the nation, with more than 90 percent […]

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Black lines and shapes of a spectrogram– a visualization of sound — of the song of a Winter Wren
November 6, 2019

The Sounds of Schoodic

by Seth Benz As the name suggests, “birdwatching” is heavily slanted toward the visual; less so, toward the auditory. We […]

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