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• The Gulf of Maine is continuing to warm. 2023 was the 5th hottest year on record

  The Gulf's annual average sea surface temperature was 52.6 degrees, nearly two degrees above normal, and the fifth-warmest year on record.

  Press Clips | Maine Public

• Challenges of technology transfer for blue-economy innovation | World Ocean

  Blaine Grimes of Gulf of Maine Ventures group discusses the challenges of talent gaps, funding hurdles and technical complexities facing blue-economy innovation

  Press Clips | Economist Impact

• Scientists fear planetary shift as record ocean heat enters second year

  Scientists say the ocean heat could represent a major change to Earth systems that cannot be reversed on any human time scale.

  Press Clips | Washington Post

• Maine student researchers show their findings from the field with scientists

  The Gulf of Maine Research Institute in Portland hosted professional and student scientists as part of the Findings from the Field program.

  Press Clips | NEWS CENTER Maine

• Gulf of Maine Research Institute hosts scientists, students for symposium

  Professional scientists and aspiring ones were all under one roof in Portland Monday.

  Press Clips | WGME

• Findings from the Field: Students and Professionals Connect at Research Symposium

  On March 18, 2024, 65 middle and high school scientists gathered at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) in Portland, Maine to share their …

  Press Clips | NASA Science

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  Camden-Rockport middle school students get immersed in Gulf of Maine research

  Sixth graders from Camden-Rockport Middle School visited LabVentures, the education center of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, in Portland, Feb. 29 and March 1.

  Press Clips | PenBay Pilot

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  Norway Savings Bank has helped over 160,000 Maine students through support of Gulf of Maine Research Institute

  PORTLAND -- When the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, a renowned non-profit organization dedicated to developing solutions to global ocean challenges,

  Press Clips | Bangor Daily News

• Talk on climate change and the ‘blue acceleration’ in Maine takes place in Lewiston

  Kanae Tokunaga, senior scientist in coastal and marine economics at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, said the combination of climate change and blue acceleration …

  Press Clips | Press Herald

• It's time for Northeast to prep for floods like those that hit this winter. Climate change is why

  Scientists say the back-to-back storms that lashed the Northeast in January were more of a sign of things to come than an anomaly.

  Press Clips | AP News