by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 30, 2019 | Coastal Communities, Marine Law, News
Dam Liability New Climate Issue in Rhode Island There are dozens of dams throughout Rhode Island that are considered unsafe, with one expert telling the Providence Journal, “we are literally one storm away from loss of life.” Of the 668 dams in the state—many more...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 16, 2018
Join us on Friday, November 16, 2018 at the Roger Williams University School of Law for a discussion on how state and local governments in coastal New England can overcome legal barriers to climate adaptation. Legal experts from the Georgetown Climate Center in...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 8, 2018 | News
By Cynthia Drummond | Courtesy of the Westerly Sun[divider style=”solid” color=”#eeeeee” width=”1px”] Withstanding the impacts of severe weather on coastal communities and military installations was the subject of the Coastal...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Oct 25, 2018 | Events, News, Uncategorized
Join us on Friday, November 16, 2018 at the Roger Williams University School of Law for a discussion on how state and local governments in coastal New England can overcome legal barriers to climate adaptation. Legal experts from the Georgetown Climate Center in...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Sometimes to move forward you have to go back – sometimes as far as hundreds of thousands or millions of years. This is the case for scientists looking to reconstruct the past in order to better understand climatic changes happening today and what may be expected in...
