Important research is going on at GSO, and students there are ready to explain it to you and answer your questions during free monthly talks. “The Bay Informed Discussion Series” kicked off last month with a talk about climate change in the ocean and its influence on Narragansett Bay and will continue July 20 to […]
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Barbara Sullivan-Watts
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Cienfuegos Bay in Cuba is one of the most beautiful coastal areas in the island nation, thanks, in part, to efforts by Cuban environmentalists like María Elena Castellanos González. González will share her expertise on coastal communities with the University of Rhode Island March 1 in a talk that is part of URI’s highly acclaimed […]
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The University of Rhode Island recently inducted 12 faculty and staff members with at least 40 years of service into its Lifetime Service Society during ceremonies outside the Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons. Each recipient received a certificate and a commemorative brick, inscribed with their name and years of service, which will be […]
Continue reading "URI Inducts 12 into Lifetime Service Society"Red Tide Hits Narragansett Bay
by Ted Smayda The streaks and patches of rust-red water in Narragansett Bay and some coastal ponds the past month is because of a bloom of the planktonic, micro-alga Cochlodinium polykrikoides, a member of the phytoplankton. The phytoplankton harvest light energy and nutrients, and through their photosynthesis grow and bloom in the sea, serving as the […]
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