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What is CRC?
The Coastal Resources Center in the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island focuses on using science to address societal issues. Learn more about us on the About, Our Work, People and Projects pages.
Why is CRC Important?
Around the world, the Coastal Resources Center (CRC) works with communities and citizens to become more effective stewards of their shores and seas. Partnering with scholars and stakeholders, CRC applies science and empowers communities through collaboration and capacity building.
How do we make a difference?
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Recent News
Sharing Our Coastal Science Work - Recently some of our CRC members as well as URI faculty and students attended the 10th Coastal Sediments conference, an international coastal science and engineering conference held this year in New Orleans. This year’s theme was “Inclusive coastal science and engineering for resilient communities” and researchers from CRC, URI and Penn State presented results from […]
A MULTI-USE OCEAN FUTURE FOR US ALL - Much collaboration took place at our recent (in-person!) workshop focused on bringing recreational fishing and commercial fishing colleagues together with offshore wind energy representatives, and a broad array of government, academic, practitioner, industry, and community interests to grapple with Northeast ocean sharing, or “multi-use” strategy, as we like to say. Shoutouts to […]