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Cashing in on Offshore Sand Deposits

Cashing in on Offshore Sand Deposits

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Mar 6, 2017 | Coastal Communities, News, Research, Uncategorized

Beach replenishment discussion kicks off Coastal State Series   Wind and waves crashing on a beach gradually move the shoreline back. At Napatree Point in Westerly, where this is allowed to happen naturally, as there are no structures to contend with, the entire...
Tracking Sand: Scientist researches sea level rise, erosion in RI

Tracking Sand: Scientist researches sea level rise, erosion in RI

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 31, 2015 | News

As global climate change increasingly becomes an issue of international political concern, a URI scientist is conducting research to better understand the effects of climate change and sea level rise here in Rhode Island. Part of the work of John King, professor of...
Are the Costs of Resiliency Worthwhile?

Are the Costs of Resiliency Worthwhile?

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 15, 2014 | Uncategorized

The added costs for more resilient infrastructure are causing tension as coastal communities grapple with how to recover, and to what extent, after devastating storms such as Sandy. After being nearly demolished by Superstorm Sandy, one waterfront hotel in Westerly...

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Our new website is up! It’s still very much a wo Our new website is up! It’s still very much a work in progress, but we hope it provides useful information and that it’s easy to navigate. We appreciate your patience while we continue to fine-tune :) . #forallofus #rhodeisland #scienceforall #scienceforehodeisland ⚓️❤️
In honor of #NationalOysterDay, we wanted to talk In honor of #NationalOysterDay, we wanted to talk about greenhouse gas emissions... . If Americans replaced just 10% of our meat consumption with oysters, it’d be like removing almost 11 million cars from the road from greenhouse gas savings. . Researchers @fulweilerlab @bostonu found this to be the case when comparing land-based meat production with oysters cultivation. The latter of which requires a fraction of the space and resources to grow. . Find the full story, “New study shows how eating more oysters could reduce greenhouse gas emissions” on our website. . #nationaloysterday #oysters #seafoodiesne #climate #greenhousegasemissions #carbonfootprint #localseafood
Sea Grant-funded researchers and students sampling Sea Grant-funded researchers and students sampling for micro-plastics for a new project looking at how micro-plastics may serve as vectors for pollutants and marine disease. . Students pumped water through a custom filtration system in order to capture particles down to 10 micron in size. . “This is part of our Sea Grant monitoring project, and next week they will sample a gradient from the north to the south of the Bay,” said Andrew Davies, lead researcher of the project and visiting associate professor @universityofri . . #microplastics #oceanhealth #science #SeaGrantfunded #narragansettbay #shellfish
Check out the new @fishlineapp to find today’s l Check out the new @fishlineapp to find today’s local catch direct from the fishermen! This free app will help direct you to the best seafood sources near year and includes recipes, stories, fisheries info., and guides on how to filet different types of fish. . . #seafoodiesne #riseafood #localseafood #seafoodlovers #localcatch
The thing about dams... is that old, out-dated one The thing about dams... is that old, out-dated ones are putting Rhode Island cities and towns in peril. . Almost 100 of the state’s 669 dams are considered high hazard with some that are nearly a century old. . Many of these dams have been poorly maintained and were not built to handle the increased rainfall and flooding from climate change, yet they are being relied upon to protect more and more people as housing developments spring up. . “So many of these legacy dams just aren’t built to handle the kind of conditions we’ll likely see in the not-so-distant future,” says Read Porter, RI Sea Grant’s senior staff attorney @marineaffairs . “If you don’t account for climate change...you could lose your entire dam. Nature is changing things, humans are changing things, and the dams and the dam owners are sitting in the middle.” . Read more at 41nmagazine.org . #dams #41nmagazine #rhodeisland #climatechange #coastalresilience
Publicly-owned wetlands are being eyed for long-te Publicly-owned wetlands are being eyed for long-term carbon reduction. . #bluecarbon refers to carbon that is captured by the world’s oceans and coastal ecosystems. The capacity to remove carbon from the atmosphere can be sold on the carbon market to offset pollution but requires 100 years of carbon sequestration guaranteed. . Rhode Island Sea Grant’s legal team and law fellows @marineaffairs worked with @raestuaries to understand the legal issues in starting such a project. . “The soils in wetlands, and coastal wetlands in particular, sequester a tremendous amount of carbon, and that is an opportunity to combine climate change mitigation efforts with coastal wetlands protections,” said Read Porter, staff attorney for RI Sea Grant’s legal program. . Several challenges for these kinds of projects include determining property boundaries between public and private lands, and committing to 100-year contracts. . Learn more by visiting our bio link. . #coastalwetlands #protectourwetlands #climatechange #bluecarbon #carbonsequestration #marinelaw #rhodeislandlawfellows
If you can’t beat ‘em, eat ‘em. . . Green c If you can’t beat ‘em, eat ‘em. . . Green crab cuisine is the new culinary solution to invasive species. Yulia Kuzmina, executive chef @georgesofgalilee uses green crab for her popular curry and crab bisque. . . “Anything that the fishermen pull up, anything we’ve never heard of before, we’ll be the first to get our hands on it.” . . Photos by @marianneleephoto . . Read more at 41nmagazine.org . . #41nmagazine #rhodeislandlife #rhodeislandseafood #invasivespecies #greencrab #seafoodiesne #culinarytalents #seafood
Warming waters invite new species further north, c Warming waters invite new species further north, changing the landscape. “We still have the same cast of characters in the bay, but their roles have changed,” says @uri.gso Jeremy Collie. As lobsters declined in southern New England, Jonah crabs seemingly took their place. Fishermen who had targeted lobsters have transitioned to harvesting crabs using the same gear. . . Photos by @jesse_burke . . Read more at 41nmagazine.org . . #41nmagazine #climatechange #rhodeislandseafood #narragansettbay #seafoodiesne #warmingoceans
The new issue of 41N is out and explores issues re The new issue of 41N is out and explores issues related to aquaculture, cooking invasive species, the dangers of dams, and the birth of ocean science in Rhode Island. . . Contact us to get your free subscription or check out the articles online at 41nmagazine.org . . Cover image of @quonniesirenoyster by @jesse_burke . . #41nmagazine #rhodeislandsoceanandcoastalmag #oceanstate #lilrhody
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