Prominent women in Rhode Island’s coastal community discuss the challenges the Ocean State faces and the work that has yet to be done.
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A new research project will assess the environmental impact of groundwater, a significant source of fresh water entering salt ponds, but one that is poorly understood.
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NOAA Sea Grant and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced that Joe Langan, a student at URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography, was selected as one of seven 2018 NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship recipients.
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Continue reading "Trump’s proposed cuts to NOAA budget would hit R.I. hard; R.I. Sea Grant among them"Rhode Island Sea Grant – Dr. Candace Oviatt and Dennis Nixon quoted
Continue reading "Narragansett Bay is Cleaner Than its Been in 150 years"On December 14, Rhode Island Sea Grant honored one of the global pioneers in coastal management, Professor Stephen B. Olsen, director of the Coastal Resources Center (CRC) at the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography.
Professor Olsen received Rhode Island Sea Grant's Lifetime Achievement Award, only the 6th such award given over its 40 year history, for his outstanding leadership of CRC and contributions to Rhode Island Sea Grant. Under his direction since 1975, CRC has developed a global reputation for innovation and action. CRC has raised over $70 million since 1985 to support programs in coastal resources management on three continents in the developing world as well as in the United States.
Continue reading "Lifetime Achievement Award for Olsen"The Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) announced on November 10, 2011, that Professor Barry A. Costa-Pierce, director of Rhode Island Sea Grant and professor of fisheries & aquaculture at the University of Rhode Island, has been elected as an AAAS Fellow.
Continue reading "Costa-Pierce Elected AAAS Fellow"The 2011 Ronald C. Baird Sea Grant Science Symposium, "Developing the Rhode Island Seafood Knowledge Economy: Perspectives on Seafood Sustainability," will take place June 26-28 in Providence. Scientists, seafood suppliers, and chefs will offer their perspectives on sourcing sustainable seafood, consumer preferences, and health topics, among others, and participants will get to prepare—and taste—sustainable seafood dishes under the guidance of expert chefs.
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