by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 28, 2018 | News, Uncategorized
Climate Change or Clean Water? In the talks at the 2017 Ronald C. Baird Sea Grant Science Symposium, two causes vied for recognition as the primary driver of changes to sea life—reductions in effluent discharges from wastewater treatment plants and climate change....
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 24, 2018 | News, Uncategorized
Lobsters with shell disease, fewer crabs, less kelp, a water column seemingly devoid of life. More productivity in the open ocean than in Narragansett Bay. A correlation of this decline with reductions to wastewater treatment plant effluent discharges. Organisms...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jan 15, 2018 | News, Uncategorized
Narragansett Bay was reported last summer to be the cleanest it’s been in the last 150 years, an announcement that was met with acclaim by many but also with consternation by others. The controversy was the focus of a recent symposium at the University of Rhode Island...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 11, 2017 | News, Uncategorized
By Alex Kuffner | Courtesy of the Providence Journal[divider style=”solid” color=”#eeeeee” width=”1px”] NARRAGANSETT — Narragansett Bay is cleaner and clearer than it’s been in decades. But after huge strides in treating wastewater...
