by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 30, 2019 | News
A New Study on How Eating More Oysters Could Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions If Americans replaced 10% of their meat consumption with oysters, the greenhouse gas savings would be the equivalent of keeping nearly 11 million cars off of the road, according to a new...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 12, 2017 | News, Uncategorized
Carbon is the backbone of life. It is literally in our bones among everything else from plants and rocks to the air we breathe and in the oceans. With the unique ability to bond to a multitude of atoms, carbon can build large, complex carbon-based molecules necessary...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jan 5, 2016 | News, Uncategorized
Research cruise tests new technologies As humans continue burning fossil fuels, much of the carbon emitted into the atmosphere eventually makes its way into the ocean. This past fall, the University of Rhode Island research vessel R/V Endeavor embarked on a week-long...