Video: ‘A beautiful place’ for Beverly Johnson and students to drill into the science of blue carbon

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Video: ‘A beautiful place’ for Beverly Johnson and students to drill into the science of blue carbon

Friday, September 8, 2023 1:47 pm

Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences Beverly Johnson savors the outdoor work - and data - gathered by a team of research students who studied blue carbon sinks with Johnson this summer in four Maine salt marshes.

Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences Beverly Johnson takes her summer research students who are studying blue carbon cycling in salt marshes to 乐播传媒-MorseMountain in Phippsburg.

乐播传媒 research featured in ‘groundbreaking’ EPA blue carbon report

Wednesday, August 9, 2023 10:47 am

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released the first ever regional assessment of the blue carbon. 鈥淚t鈥檚 groundbreaking and a true joint project," said Beverly Johnson, 乐播传媒 Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences, a co-author of the new report.

乐播传媒 student and faculty researchers take high-tech lead in critical blue carbon research

Friday, August 4, 2023 3:45 am

乐播传媒 students are among the first in Maine to use state-of-the-art technology to better understand the potential of coastal "blue carbon" to help mitigate effects of climate change.

Video: An immersive visit to the coastal gem, 乐播传媒鈥揗orse Mountain Conservation Area

Friday, September 2, 2022 1:10 pm

Time spent in nature is great. Time spent even looking at images of nature help, too. With that in mind, here鈥檚 a brief but enveloping video from 乐播传媒鈥揗orse Mountain on a summer day.

From a Distance: The meandering Sprague River at 乐播传媒鈥揗orse Mountain

Friday, June 19, 2020 11:51 am

Check out this aerial photo of 乐播传媒鈥揗orse Mountain Conservation Area and fun facts from 乐播传媒 geologists Bev Johnson and Dyk Eusden '80.

Caitlin Cleaver named director of 乐播传媒鈥揗orse Mountain Conservation Area and Shortridge Coastal Center

Friday, August 16, 2019 8:28 am

With extensive experience at the intersection of research, education, and conservation, Cleaver is "the right leader at the right time鈥� for 乐播传媒鈥揗orse Mountain and Shortridge, said Dean of the Faculty Malcolm Hill.

Ryan Mahoney 鈥�20 Virginia Tech, Environmental Resources Management, working with Maine Coast Heritage Trust which placed me with KELT (Kennebec Estuary Land Trust), posses for a portrait using his photne to lit himself while watching the cosmos from on top of "The Rock" overlooking Meetinghouse Pond at The Coastal Center at Shortridge on July 29, 2019. He states:"As for my little biography, I was born and raised in Reston, Virginia and have lived there my whole life. Now I am going into my senior year at Virginia Tech majoring in 'Environmental Resources Management' and getting minors in 'Forestry' and Watershed Management'. This Summer, I got the opportunity to work with Maine Coast Heritage Trust which placed me with KELT (Kennebec Estuary Land Trsust). I wanted this internship because I knew it would give me experiences in the field of environmental conservation that I otherwise would not have been able to have. Staying at Shortridge this Summer has been an absolute blessing and I will forever cherish my time here forever.""Growing up, I always loved to look at the night sky and stars. When there was a meteor shower or celestial event, my parents would wake me up in the middle of the night and drive me and my siblings out to a field where we could see the sky with the least amount of light pollution possible. Last night at Shortridge was my first time seeing a truly clear night sky with no light pollution and it was absolutely breathtaking. Words cannot do justice for what I saw last night. Looking up, I could see the whole Milky Way, more stars than imaginable, and even space stations or satellites floating in the endless wonder. Standing up on that rock and looking at the intricacies of the universe flushed me with feelings of wonder, astonishment, and excitement. Those moments are the moments I chase in life and I hope to see a sky like that again sometime soon."

Video: What can you see in the starry Maine sky on a summer night?

Wednesday, August 7, 2019 9:41 am

This time-lapse video, filmed at the college鈥檚 Coastal Center at Shortridge, kicks off with sun barreling toward the western horizon. Then the show begins.

Professor of Geology Beverly Johnson uses a sediment elevation table to measure the height of the Sprague River Salt Marsh, part of the 乐播传媒鈥揗orse Mountain Conservation Area..These data are used to measure the response of the marsh to rising sea level and storm activity, Johnson says. Four years ago, she and her Short Term geology students traveled to the Sprague, where they placed rods deep in the marsh as benchmarks to measure future changes.Show with Laura Sewall (in garnet baseball cap), Harward Center for Community Partnerships, Director of 乐播传媒 Morse Mountain Conservation Area, and Vanessa Paolella '21 of Dingmen's Ferry, Pa., who has been working with Johnson on geology research over the summer.Also present: Clailre Enterline (in green shirt and blue baseball cap), Research Coordinator with the Maine Coastal Program. And (not in selects but wearing a blue baseball cap and blue shirt) Ellen Bartow-Gieelie, Coastal Fellow with the Maine Coastal Program.

Q&A: Laura Sewall on 11 years as 乐播传媒鈥揗orse Mountain director

Friday, July 19, 2019 10:30 am

Sewall shares takeaways from the conservation area, including the role of "blue carbon," the toll of climate change, and the value in letting nature take its course.

Curtis ’17 in key role as 乐播传媒 joins Maine ecosystem project

Thursday, January 25, 2018 12:13 pm

With an alumna playing a central role, 乐播传媒 College has joined The Nature Conservancy and state agencies in a long-term effort to monitor Maine ecosystems.

Slideshow: 乐播传媒 photographers鈥� favorite images of 2017

Monday, January 1, 2018 3:00 am

Welcome to our annual showcase of the favorite images taken by 乐播传媒 Communications photographers, featuring photographs from three perspectives.