News and Media

Coastal Climate Messaging Essentials: It’s All in the Telling, Park Science magazine, Volume 38,  Summer 2024.

What Does a ‘100-Year Storm’ Mean These Days? ecoRI News, June 28, 2024.

Swelling the Banks, URI Magazine, June 25, 2024

Storms could be more intense this hurricane season. Here’s how to prepare. The Public’s Radio, June 3, 2024

RI-CHAMP: Revolutionizing Storm Preparedness, MGHPCC News, October 12, 2023

URI’s hurricane expert, Isaac Ginis, discusses storm forecasting, URI Rhody Today, September 22, 2023

Just too much water, URI professor talks about future risks after week of storms, Warwick Beacon, September 21, 2023

URI professor’s storm monitoring system informs emergency, Providence Business News, July 11, 2023

URI oceanography professor’s computer modeling system to help keep R.I. officials ahead of strong storms, URI Rhody Today, June 28, 2023

Climate changes will bring fiercer storms to RI. Are we prepared? | Opinion, Providence Journal, June 11, 2023

Noreaster Research Project for Acadia National Park, National Park Service, December 2022. 

The Rhode Island Coastal Hazards Analysis, Modeling, and Prediction System, SC22, Dallas, November 14–17, 2022

Superstorm Sandy Showed Ocean State What Future Storms Could Look Like, ecoRI News, November 3, 2022

URI researcher: Hurricanes getting easier to predict, The Public’s Radio, October 25, 2022

Turning the tide: URI professor’s research stays current, The Good 5 Cent Cigar, October 13, 2022

From Severe Drought to Severe Flooding in One Day, GoLocalProv, September 6, 2022

Rhode Island Coastal Hazards, Analysis, Modeling & Prediction (RI-CHAMP), URI Momentum: Research & Innovation Magazine, Spring 2022, p.6-15.

Actionable Information, Aboard GSO Magazine, Spring 2022

Knowing What’s Possible, Aboard GSO Magazine, Spring 2022

Researchers explore effects of sea level rise, extreme weather, National Public Radio, November 17, 2021

Researchers look to prepare coastal New England for future storms, Connecticut Public Radio, November 16, 2021

Grant helps URI, Penn State researchers study sea-level rise, Associated Press, October 3, 2021

URI-led researchers get $1.5M grant to study ties between sea-level rise, extreme weather, PBN, Sept. 29, 2021

URI Awarded $1.5 Million NOAA Grant to Study Sea-Level Rise Impact on Extreme Weather, ecoRI News, Sept. 29, 2021

Tropical Storm Henri provides opportunity to test ADCIRC Prediction System™ real-time storm modeling capabilitiesCoastal Resilience Center of Excellence, August 24, 2021

URI scientist plays a key role in hurricane forecasting models, SupperComputing Online, July 22, 2021

Climate change could cause more powerful hurricanes, URI researcher says, WPRI-TVJuly 21, 2021

Ocean Drones Sent into the Eye of the Storm Will Monitor Live Data, Interesting Engineering, June 4, 2021 

Surge Mentality: Warning sounded about Providence’s widespread flood risks, Providence Business News, May 14, 2021

URI researchers launch RICHAMP websiteCoastal Resilience Center of Excellence, April 30, 2021

Upgrade to NOAA’s weather computer model to improve forecasting, WPRI-TVMarch 22, 2021

New-found phenomenon that may improve hurricane forecastsScienceDaily, Dec 9, 2020

Predicting the intensity of hurricanes, The Block Island Times, Oct 15, 2020

Westerly pilot study helps develop new models to predict storms’ impacts on infrastructure, Westerly The Sun, Oct 7, 2020

How can understanding the scenarios of rising sea levels help New England parks prepare for Nor’easters?, Oceanbites, Sept. 27, 2020

Warmer and Wetter Cause Big Problems for Little RhodyecoRI News, May 15, 2020

Coronavirus Complicates Preparations for Hurricanes in Northeast, Uptown Radio, April 3, 2020

FUTURE HURRICANE COULD LOOP AROUND AND MAKE LANDFALL TWICE IN THE U.S., CAUSING CATASTROPHIC FLOODING AND STORM SURGESNewsweek, Sept. 20, 2019

URI expert says RI should be ready for bigger storms, Pawtucket Times Sep. 3, 201

Hurricane Rhody Bears Down on Rhode Island’s Future, ecoRI News, Sept. 16, 2019

Expert weighs in on Hurricane DorianWJAR-TV, Aug. 31, 2019

Hurricane expert: R.I. should expect more heavy rain, Go Local Prov, Aug. 28, 2019

URI partners continue work with Rhode Island emergency managers DHS Coastal Resilience Center, Aug 26, 2019

Hurricane experts predict near normal season WPRI, Apr 5, 2019

Can Providence’s hurricane barrier withstand sea-level rise? Providence Journal, Apr 1, 2019

Wilder winters ahead for Northeast? Providence Journal, Feb 8, 2019

Cyclone Effects Run Deep, NASA Earth Observatory, Dec 4, 2018

Can We Prevent Hurricanes?, BBC World Service CrowdScience, Oct 5, 2018

Ready Or Not: Remembering The 1938 Hurricane, 80 Years Later, Rhode Island Public Radio, Sep 20, 2018

‘Monster’ storm: Hurricane Florence is a rare threat in an unusual location, The Guardian, Sep 13, 2018

URI oceanographer develops high-resolution hurricane model, WPRI, Sep 12, 2018

New hurricane guidance models being developed at URI, Turn To 10, Sep 12, 2018

URI Researchers Developing New Hurricane Forecast Model, ABC6 WLNE-TV, Sep 11, 2018

Hurricane Florence first to grow in strength so far north in Atlantic, Deleware Online, Sep 11, 2018

Improved hurricane forecast models in development at URI, Providence Journal, Sep 11, 2018

Oceanographer’s hurricane models deliver more precise forecasts, URI today, September 7, 2018

Forecast is for fewer hurricanes this year, Cranston Herald, Aug 8, 2018

Experts: Cape Cod should prepare for the worst hurricanes, Cape Cod Times, Aug 5, 2018

Hypothetical hurricanes: Modeling coastal hazards in Rhode Island, DHS Coastal Resilience Center December 15, 2017

Weather conference asks: Are we “ready for Hurricane Rhody?”, Providence Journal, November 4, 2017

Five Years After Sandy: Scientists used storm to develop new forecasting techniques, technology to prepare for future storms, Westerly Sun, November 1, 2017 

URI’s Big Thinkers: Isaac Ginis, 2017

URI Hurricane Experts  Build Models of High Impact Hurricane Scenarios, GoLocalProv June 27, 2017

URI Professor of Oceanography Talks Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, and his Hurricane Rhody Model on State of Mind, Fox Providence September 13, 2017 

Irma and Newfoundland’s stormy future, The Telegraph September 8, 2017

Rhode Island researchers partner with emergency managers for statewide preparedness exercise, DHS Coastal Resilience Center, July 14, 2017

Coastal Resilience Center project to utilize cloud computing award to simulate storm impacts, DHS Coastal Resilience Center, July 14, 2017

URI hurricane expert receives award from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, URI Today, March 28, 2017

Five Questions with Isaac Ginis, Providence Business News, August 31, 2016

URI scientist plays key role in hurricane forecasting, URI Today,  July 12, 2016

Northeast Hurricane Modeling Outdated, EcoRI, July 26, 2014

The Ingredients for a Hurricane, Smithsonian Ocean, October 6, 2010