By Veronica M. Berounsky, Ph.D. ’90 Amy Bower, Ph.D. ’88, knew she wanted to be an oceanographer ever since she participated in a summer marine science field course in her hometown at the age of 13. Nothing—not pirates nor the loss of her vision—would stop her from achieving that dream. Today, Bower is a senior […]

Aboard GSO, Fall 2024 Early one morning this November, as I walked my dog through the neighborhood, I realized it was 65 degrees and sunny…in November in New England. It struck me that the climate has really shifted, and we are facing a critical moment in human history. More than ever, the world needs an […]

By Ellen Liberman On a warm November morning the oaks are shedding their leaves and acorns along the winding trails of the Grills Preserve. The 544-acre tract lies south of the Pawcatuck River, which curls around the old Bradford Printing and Finishing Plant to the east. From 1790, when the first mill rights were established, […]

By Lauren Thacker Rhode Island incorporates more than 400 miles of coastline and every resident lives within 30 minutes of Narragansett Bay or the Atlantic Ocean. Warming waters and coastal erosion have a highly visible, deeply felt impact. Emily Hall, M.S. ’23, now a coastal geologist with the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council, meets with […]

By Michael Blanding On a blue-sky sunny day at the Graduate School of Oceanography’s Marine Ecosystem Research Laboratory (MERL), Chris Roman stands outside showing off his latest robot. As he presses a button on a remote control, a boxy machine resembling nothing so much as a droid from Star Wars emerges from a cylindrical test […]

Assistant Professor Erin Peck Like many things in life, Erin Peck’s decision to become a coastal geomorphologist was a bit of an accident. “I started college pre-med, but it only lasted about a week,” she says. “When I decided to transfer out of calculus, the only open class was geology. It immediately spoke to me. […]