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Smaller Microplastic Loads Found in Southern Narragansett Bay

Smaller Microplastic Loads Found in Southern Narragansett Bay

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 30, 2025 | Coastal State, News, Research

New URI research offers a clearer picture of how pollution travels through the estuary. Microplastics are everywhere in coastal waters—from tiny fibers shed by clothing to fragments of degraded packaging. But their abundance isn’t uniform across a place as dynamic as...
Ports, Sea Level Rise, and Rhode Island’s Blue Future

Ports, Sea Level Rise, and Rhode Island’s Blue Future

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 6, 2025 | Coastal Communities, News, Uncategorized

Blue & You explores the intersection of climate risk, infrastructure, and opportunity along our working waterfronts. WATERSON TERMINAL SERVICES,LLC, the operating company of ProvPort | COURTESY PROVPORT INC. | PBN News Rhode Island’s ports have long been engines...

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