by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Feb 12, 2026 | Capstone, Coastal Communities, Events, News, Students
Students and mentors in URI’s 2026 Landscape Architecture Capstone Middletown community members are invited to join the University of Rhode Island Landscape Architecture (LAR) capstone class to share input on sustainable design solutions for the Aquidneck Avenue...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jan 6, 2026 | About Us, Coastal Communities, News, ocean planning
Tucked between the Warren, Barrington, and Palmer Rivers, the town of Warren sits just above the tide and is vulnerable to flooding from sea level rise and storm events. In November 2025, coastal experts, researchers, and community members led a walking tour of...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 9, 2025 | Coastal Communities, Events, News
Once a factory for American Tourister Luggage, the Tourister Mill in Warren was notorious for tidal flooding. Today, the mill building has been converted into apartments and businesses. This transformation is more than cosmetic, incorporating stormwater management,...
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 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...
