by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 2, 2021 | Events, News, Uncategorized
Webinar features speakers from East Greenwich, North Kingstown, and the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association Join the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) and Rhode Island Sea Grant for the third in a series of free webinars this summer on...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 13, 2021 | Coastal Communities, News, Uncategorized
Sea level rise is happening and is threatening Rhode Island’s low-lying coastal communities with higher than normal tides and storm surges that are flooding local roads, businesses, and homes. “You don’t need to wait 20, 30, or 50 years,” says...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 10, 2020 | News, Research, Students, Sustainable Seafood, Uncategorized
Courtesy of URI TodayBy Todd McLeish KINGSTON, R.I. – August 25, 2020 – Dressed in bright orange jumpsuits and matching masks, University of Rhode Island students Cara Megill and Jacqui Roush stood at Conimicut Point in Warwick and flipped a switch to begin pumping...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 10, 2020 | News, Research, Students, Sustainable Seafood, Uncategorized
Courtesty of American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America If you need to clean up a waterway, plant an oyster farm. Oysters have been shown to improve water quality by removing nitrogen and other nutrients that in...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 8, 2019 | Coastal Communities, Events, Research, Uncategorized
One single oyster can filter about 50 gallons of water per day. This kind of filtering power is being looked at by researchers as a potential solution to absorb harmful amounts of nitrogen entering coastal waters via wastewater treatment facilities and stormwater...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 1, 2019 | News, Research, Uncategorized
Matthew Palasciano, a geological oceanography undergraduate student, took first place in the Research & Scholarship Photo Contest co-sponsored by Rhode Island Sea Grant and the University of Rhode Island for “The Endless Bond Between Mother and Child,” a young...
