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 | 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 | 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...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Aug 9, 2017 | News, Uncategorized
Sandy, Irene, Katrina, Andrew, and Bob are all retired hurricane names that read like a list of exes whose wake of destruction was not anticipated and whom we hope to never see again. These storms were some of the costliest and deadliest storms in U.S. history,...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Aug 9, 2017 | News, Uncategorized
Just before an onslaught of heavy rain, howling wind, and thundering lightning, there’s often a sharp, distinctive odor in the air. That’s the smell of ozone being carried down from higher altitudes by a storm’s downdrafts. High in the stratosphere, the second layer...
