by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Apr 3, 2020 | News
Congratulations to Teresa Crean, who received the Northeast Sea Grant Outstanding Individual Outreach Achievement Award for helping develop Rhode Island’s Shoreline Special Area Management Plan (Beach SAMP), which assists coastal communities in adapting to a rapidly...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 9, 2016 | Coastal Communities, News
Army Corps proposal to elevate homes and sea level rise projection maps presented at Beach SAMP meeting. Matunuck’s shoreline has moved a lot further landward than was 80 years ago, and it will continue to move further landward — and more rapidly — in the...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Former Sea Grant Law Fellow John Ryan-Henry didn’t originally set out to be a lawyer. Now a dual J.D./Masters of Marine Affairs student, he spent his undergraduate career majoring in geology at Brown University. “I thought that I was on the way to becoming a...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jul 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
If you were to combine the forces of the Hurricane of 1938, Hurricane Carol (’54), and Hurricane Esther (’61), it would be devastating to Rhode Island. Dr. Isaac Ginis, hurricane expert, discusses the threats and risks of hurricanes in Rhode Island. The combined...
