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Coastal Resilience Overlays for Bristol County
Coastal resilience overlays may be a useful tool in helping communities become more resilient.
Capstone Experience Connects URI Students, Coastal Communities
URI students from a variety of disciplines come together to propose solutions for improving coastal resilience in real-world situations.
Municipal Parking and Public Shoreline Access
Availability of parking near public rights-of-way to the shoreline is key to allowing meaningful access, but it’s also controversial.
Researchers Look at Direct Sales of Lobster
Research seeks to understand how–and if–direct sales helped local lobstermen in the COVID-19 pandemic. Two social scientists talked about their process in a recent webinar.
Webinar series: Climate Change Effects on Recreational Fishing and Boating
Climate Change Effects on Recreational Fishing and Boating: Opportunities and Actions is a two-part webinar series that engaged Northeast...
Rhode Island Sea Grant Invests Over $2 million in Research on Harmful Algal Blooms, Rust Tides, and Multi-use of Marine Resources
Sea Grant-funded research to address environmental conditions that trigger blooms and rust tides, and multiple-use challenges of marine resources in Rhode Island.
Rhode Island Sea Grant Sends 2 URI Graduates to Washington, D.C,. for National Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships
Rhode Island Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellows join 68 other fellows from across the country in Washington, D.C., to work on coastal and marine policy issues within the legislative and executive offices of the federal government for one year.
We’re Hiring!
Rhode Island Sea Grant is seeking a Workforce Development and Research Program Coordinator (Marine Research Specialist IV) to manage the Rhode...
“Infinity Fish”: Preserving Ocean Resources for Future Generations
Economist Rashid Sumaila discusses how placing a dollar value on things associated with a resource—like cultural and social values, employment, health, and the environment—can motivate communities to make choices that preserve those resources.
In the Media
It is estimated that 44% to 50% of sea birds, sea turtles, otters, and fish have eaten or been entangled in plastic debris. Research is looking at the internal damage to animals, especially sea life, that ingest plastic, and to the people who eat the animals that have plastic in their bodies. A related question is whether microplastics in the environment act as a vector to absorb and transmit bacteria. Read more >>
The University of Rhode Island and the state Department of Environmental Management have teamed up on a project that lets the public use cell phones to take photos of climate change effects such as flooding and erosion, and ultimately inform practical planning and projects to address them. Read more >>
Eating oysters is good for the environment, according to a pair of Narragansett Bay-centric experts. Scientists Robinson Fulweiler of Boston University and Christopher Kincaid from the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography shared their latest findings during a recent webinar. Read more >>
A two-part webinar series that will engage northeast recreational anglers, boaters, and climate experts. They will discuss how climate change is affecting traditional uses — both good and bad. Read more >>
What portion of the shoreline is open to everybody, and what portion is private property? Dennis Nixon, professor emeritus of marine affairs at the University of Rhode Island, characterized the goal as “restoring what was taken from the public” in 1982, when the Rhode Island Supreme Court sided with a homeowner who claimed that his property extended to the mean high tide line. Read more >>
Recent research has found access to Rhode Island’s shoreline and the amenities it offers differs between demographic groups. Rhode Island Sea Grant hosted a webinar on June 30 webinar in partnership. with Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) and focused on shoreline access as an environmental-justice issue. Read more >>
Scientists at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography are learning more about a microscopic organism that, despite its tiny size, can have a major impact, closing shellfisheries and making people sick. Read more >>
House approves bill to study shoreline access
The resolution (2021-H 5469A) creates a 12-member special legislative commission to study and provide recommendations on the issues relating to lateral access along the Rhode Island shoreline, with a goal of reporting back to the General Assembly next spring. Read more >>
Events
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Jan.
Request for Research Proposal: Q&A
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Feb.
Offshore Wind and the Sakonnet River: A Dialogue for Coastal Communities Part II
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