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...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Oct 31, 2025 | Marine Law, News
Rhode Island Sea Grant Law Fellow Project Looks at Legal Options for Compromise The tiny piping plover that each summer nests on the shores of Northeast states is having a major impact on keeping residents of one New York City neighborhood from accessing their beach....
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Oct 25, 2025 | Coastal Communities, News
Tucked between weathered fences and manicured lawns, Rhode Island’s public rights-of-way to the shoreline often go unnoticed. These paths, sometimes no wider than 10 feet, are often overlooked as private property. A walking tour of the Potowomut neighborhood, a...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Oct 16, 2025 | Coastal Communities, News, Research
Microplastics have become a defining pollutant of our time—now detected from polar ice cores to human bloodstreams. These microscopic fragments, fibers, and beads—smaller than five millimeters and often invisible to the naked eye—form as common plastics break down...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Oct 15, 2025 | News, Students
Rhode Island Sea Grant Communications has a paid spring semester undergraduate internship available for 10 hours per week, with the potential to extend into the summer. We are looking for a reliable self-starter who works well as part of a team and independently. We...
