Rainer Lohmann provides his insight on the rising levels of PFAS on Mount Everest and why it may be occurring.
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Scientists call for a global science panel to address threats from chemical pollution
An international group of scientists is proposing a global intergovernmental science-policy body for informing policymakers and the public on chemicals and waste.
Continue reading "Scientists call for a global science panel to address threats from chemical pollution"GSO student finds chemical contaminants in seabirds from Narragansett Bay, Massachusetts Bay, Cape Fear
GSO student Anna Robuck found high levels of the PFAS in seabirds from offshore Massachusetts and coastal Rhode Island and North Carolina.
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GSO Profile of GSO Graduate Christine Gardiner whose research was on PFAS in Narragansett Bay.
Continue reading "GSO Profiles – GSO Graduate Christine L. Gardiner"Endeavor Comes Home
URI GSO oceanographers joined the crew of R/V Endeavor in February for the beginning of a 22-day expedition across the Atlantic. They completed their busy research schedule and returned home, all in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Two news reports featuring GSO professor Rainer Lohmann examine the threats posed by PFAS to the waters of Connecticut and Cape Cod.
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Anna Robuck, a Ph.D. student at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, was recently chosen as one of 20 environmental scholars to receive a Switzer Environmental Fellowship.
Continue reading "GSO student named a Switzer Environmental Fellow"Native Rhode Islander returns home to pursue ocean science
After growing up barely a mile from URI’s Kingston campus, South Kingstown native Matthew Dunn is now a doctoral student at the URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography, which he calls “one of the best schools for oceanography.”
Continue reading "Native Rhode Islander returns home to pursue ocean science"URI Researchers Begin Testing Well-Water In Cape Cod For Toxic Man-Made Chemicals
GSO professor Rainer Lohmann and other URI researchers have started to test drinking water from private wells in Cape Cod for toxic man-made chemicals called per and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.
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WCAI Radio – STEEP director and GSO professor Rainer Lohmann interviewed
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