Slides from the Environmental Careers Panel, 30 Oct 2024.
URI awarded $1.5M EPSCoR grant to team with Warren on coastal resilience - KINGSTON, R.I. – Sept. 27, 2024 – Sitting on Narragansett Bay in northeastern Rhode Island, the town of Warren is highly vulnerable to the effects of sea-level rise and flooding due to its low elevation. According to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration projections, the sea level is projected to rise 1.6 feet by 2050 – […]
What Technologies Are Available for Cleaning up PFAS? - September 19, 2024 Dr. Thomas Boving, Chair of The Department of Geosciences joins to discuss what and how we can address the contaminations of our waterways, from lakes and streams to groundwater. With agrochemicals, PFAS and other toxic additives, American waterways are challenged like never before. Dr. Boving has worked here and abroad to address […]
URI faculty join New England partnership for climate resilience, adaptation - KINGSTON, R.I. – Sept. 10, 2024 – Last month’s floods in southern New England made national news, damaging property and impacting lives. As once in a thousand years weather events happen more often, could nature-based solutions help?
URI professors lead organizers for NASA’s Astrobiology Science Conference - May 2, 2024 The Astrobiology Science Conference brings together hundreds of scientists from around the world every two years, and as it prepares to open Sunday in Providence, two University of Rhode Island scientists are the lead organizers of the nation’s largest conference focused on the study of the origin, evolution, and distribution of life […]
Ambarish Karmalkar: A Model Science Communicator - April 5 2024 Geosciences professor Ambarish Karmalkar is answering some of the most pressing questions about regional climate change–and he is doing so in a way that incorporates science communication practices. Although he is most well-versed in the physical sciences aspects of climate change, holding degrees in physics, astronomy, and geosciences, he is using his […]
University of Rhode Island professor talks about what comes next after New Jersey earthquake - Apr 5, 2024 Brian Savage, a professor of geosciences at the Universty of Rhode Island, talks about the science of the earthquake in New Jersey, why we felt it in Southern New England and what to expect from possible aftershocks.
Rising sea levels bring salt water to private wells - August 30, 2023 Thomas Boving, chair of the geosciences department at the University of Rhode Island, says Westport’s problem is the “canary in the coal mine” for Massachusetts communities that depend on coastal groundwater. He noted that the problem will only spread as sea levels rise and growing populations drive increased groundwater pumping.