URI professor co-leads research to re-examine how stored carbon is measured
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Free screening of new documentary spotlights Belizean women leading the fight to save a World Heritage reef
‘Wealth Untold’ follows multigenerational network of women scientists, artists, and community leaders working to protect the Western Hemisphere’s longest barrier reef.
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Partnering with local fisherman to collect data on commercially important American Lobster and Jonah Crab
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Jainey Bavishi will explore how local leadership and civic collaboration are reshaping climate action at Fish Lecture.
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Event at URI’s Narragansett Bay Campus focused on fisheries and benthic monitoring for offshore development
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URI is taking a multi-pronged approach in its efforts to work toward net-zero carbon emissions, including looking to sources of renewable energy.
Continue reading "URI taps geothermal energy for new Ocean Frontiers Building"‘Bridge to Ocean Exploration’ serves as pathway to URI for CCRI students
Developed and managed by the NOAA Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI), the B2OE program arranges for CCRI students to work on OECI research projects alongside URI graduate students, professors, and industry professionals at URI’s Narragansett Bay Campus.
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The URI GSO community will present its research at AGU25, from December 15-19 in New Orleans.
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Microplastics in Narragansett Bay are the topic of an online discussion on Nov. 13, sponsored by Rhode Island Sea Grant. (URI Photo / Michael Salerno)
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In an effort to predict volcanic eruptions sooner and more accurately, students from GSO are studying the rift zones of two of the most active volcanoes in the world, Hawaii’s Kilauea and Mauna Loa.
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