by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 2, 2025 | Coastal Communities, News, Research
Earlier this summer, a first-of-its-kind study, funded by Rhode Island Sea Grant, mapped the movement and accumulation of microplastics in Narragansett Bay, finding the highest concentrations near urban centers, which are shaped by river runoff and wind patterns. Read...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 29, 2025 | Coastal Communities, News, Research
Floods and storms are threats to all coastal communities, and port communities are even more vulnerable. The materials ports house can be particularly hazardous if damaged or disbursed by hurricanes and storm surge. That’s one of the reasons the Community-Driven...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 16, 2024 | Coastal Communities, News, Research
Datasets from nearly four decades of research on Rhode Island’s marine and estuarine ecosystems from the University of Rhode Island’s Coastal Mapping and Paleomagnetics Laboratory (CMPL) are now available through a new website to support ongoing research and...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Mar 4, 2022 | News
Rhode Island Sea Grant has selected five two-year research projects to build upon understanding of rust tides and harmful algal blooms (HABs) and their impacts to Rhode Island’s ecosystems, public health, and aquaculture and wild harvest industries. Funded research...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 10, 2020 | News, Research, Students, Sustainable Seafood, Uncategorized
Courtesy of URI TodayBy Todd McLeish KINGSTON, R.I. – August 25, 2020 – Dressed in bright orange jumpsuits and matching masks, University of Rhode Island students Cara Megill and Jacqui Roush stood at Conimicut Point in Warwick and flipped a switch to begin pumping...
