by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 10, 2025 | News, Research
When we think about life on Earth, we might picture scenes from a BBC Planet Earth special—vast rainforests, grasslands, or blue oceans. Yet a new study reveals how the “in-between” spaces—lakes, rivers, wetlands, estuaries, and continental shelves—are...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 3, 2025 | Coastal Communities, News
Coastal geologist Janet Freedman talks about how high tides push seawater back up through the storm drain at the Oakland Beach seawall, flooding the parking lot. Wenley Ferguson is in the foreground in the Save The Bay t-shirt. Photo by Amanda Gilmore Warwick’s...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 2, 2025 | Coastal Communities, News, Research
Earlier this summer, a first-of-its-kind study, funded by Rhode Island Sea Grant, mapped the movement and accumulation of microplastics in Narragansett Bay, finding the highest concentrations near urban centers, which are shaped by river runoff and wind patterns. Read...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Aug 29, 2025 | News
Looking out from the University of Rhode Island’s Bay Campus in Narragansett, the waters of Rhode Island Sound and Narragansett Bay stretch toward the horizon, carrying fishing boats, ferries, and research vessels through the same channels. It was here on this...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Aug 21, 2025 | Coastal Communities, News
Walking tour highlights preservation efforts, development pressure in Warwick coastal community Janet Freedman leads a walking tour of Conimicut Point. Located on a narrow peninsula on the west side of Narragansett Bay, Warwick’s Conimicut Point is shrinking. Evidence...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Aug 18, 2025 | Coastal Communities, News
Rhode Island’s nearly 400 miles of coastline face rising seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding events. Communities from Westerly to Warren are feeling the impacts, and preparing for what’s ahead requires the best information and tools available. For more...
