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| Identifier | Type | Subject | Title | Web Resource | |
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| 2084 |
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| College of the Atlantic Main Campus Map, Online |
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Description: An online GIS map containing many interesting layers representing the physical campus. |
| 2043 |
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| All About Arsenic |
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Description: A collaborative public health project project, the All About Arsenic project was initiated in 2015 by researchers at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL) and Dartmouth College’s Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program. |
| 2030 |
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| Wasted Food: From Farm to Landfill |
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Description: An analysis of wasted food in Maine, its sources and possible solutions |
| 2040 |
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| Planning for Climate Change in Denmark |
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Description: This GIS story map introduces you to Denmark and the current climate politics in the country. We will then have a look at Denmark in a global context and finally, examine how GIS can help us when we are "Planning for climate change in Denmark". |
| 2082 |
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| Landscape of Change |
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Description: Exploring the Past to Build a Resilient Future To understand how climate change is affecting Mount Desert Island we need to look to the past. Our ancestors documented the natural world around them in stories, reports, journals, diaries, and letters, which are cared for in the collections of history museums and libraries. Increasingly, scientists are pulling observations and data from historic records to get a clearer picture of the natural world of the past to understand how the present is changing. [show more] |
| 2006 |
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| Where the Wild Things Were |
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Description: Human Impacts on Wilderness in the Continental United States |
| 2041 |
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| Global Restrictions on Shark Finning |
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Description: An estimated 73 million sharks were killed last year, primarily for their fins. Their populations are at critical levels, and they are still being fished out of the oceans at unsustainable rates. Some regional populations of shark species are down to 95 - 99%, which is considered functional extinction. |
| 2051 |
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| A Profile on Dengue: The Infamous Neglected Tropical Disease |
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Description: Dengue, a mosquito-borne virus, has spread across the globe in recent years, now infecting an estimated 100-400 million people each year. Approximately forty percent of the world’s population lives in countries with a risk of dengue. |
| 2050 |
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| Geology and Humanity of Oahu |
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Description: According to the University of Hawaii’s Honolulu Climate Change Commission, Oahu is the most at risk from sea-level rise compared to all other Hawaiian islands. By the middle of the century, a report assembled by the commission warned that regular high tide flooding with 3.2ft of local sea-level rise would put 18 miles of coastal road and 4000 settlements at risk (Westfall, 2018). |
| 2049 |
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| Standing Stones and other Megaliths of St Just |
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Description: A record of the Neolithic and Bronze Age archeological sites and monuments of Saint Just, Brittany. |
| 2048 |
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| Horse Healthcare in Maine |
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Description: The USDA reported a shortage of veterinarians in at least 500 counties spanning 44 states. This shortage is mostly in rural areas and therefore has a larger effect on large animals and livestock. American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) reported that only 10% of graduates had an interest in working with livestock. |
| 2047 |
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| Cheetahs in Southern Africa |
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Description: Under the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) 's, cheetahs are listed as vulnerable. This status means the species is likely to become endangered unless the circumstances threatening its survival and reproduction of the species improve. Due to recent studies showing a significant decline in current cheetah numbers, scientists have started calling for the species to be up-listed to endangered status under the IUCN. |
| 2045 |
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| The Dynamic Forest Cover of Great Duck Island |
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Description: Great Duck Island is a 237-acre island 15 km south of Mount Desert Island, Maine. It served as a manned Coast Guard lighthouse post from 1890 until 1986 when it was automated. Sheep grazed the island from the late 19th century until 1951, dramatically impacting the landscape and ecology of the island. In 1985, the Nature Conservancy and the State of Maine gained control of most of the island, collaborating with the College of the Atlantic Eno Research Station to monitor the ecology of the land. [show more] |
| 2046 |
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| Soil, Water, Sun, Steak, an analysis of irrigation at the DD Ranch |
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Description: Irrigating for beef production at the DD Ranch |
| 2042 |
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| The Dorr Museum Collections and their Global Origins |
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Description: An exploration of the George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History collections and their origins. The Dorr Museum of Natural History is unique among museums in that its collections have been prepared entirely by students. |
| 2039 |
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| How to Bee in Maine |
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Description: Pollinators such as wild bees and the Western honeybee, Apis mellifera, are important to humans and nature. Seventy-five percent of food crops and 90% of wild flowering plants benefit from animal pollinators (IPBES 2016). |
| 2035 |
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| 328: Response, Rehab, Release |
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Description: The rehabilitation story of seal #328, a juvenile harbor seal rescued from Cape Elizabeth, ME. |
| 2036 |
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| Mussel Power In Estonia |
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Description: Exploring the potential Blue mussel aquaculture sites in Estonian waters |
| 2037 |
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| Site Suitability for Inshore Aquaculture Development Downeast |
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Description: Site Suitability for Inshore Aquaculture Development Downeast |
| 2038 |
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| Gulls of the Gulf of Maine |
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| 2034 |
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| Mobile Moms |
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| 2033 |
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| Lake Erie Microplastics |
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Description: an interactive look at Lake Erie and its watershed using data that Adam collected |
| 2032 |
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| Housing: The New Luxury |
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Description: The affordable housing crisis in vacation towns is pushing the locals and workers elsewhere. And the solutions are not so simple |
| 2031 |
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| Golfing Green |
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| 2029 |
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| Barbara Meyers selfie on the Gates porch | 
Description: Barbara Meyers, Head Gardener, sitting on the porch of Gates while watching virtual 2020 graduation. |
