THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED Date: New date TBD Location: Coastal Institute Auditorium, Narragansett Bay Campus Reception to follow in Studio Blue Rsvp to: coastalinstitute@etal.uri.edu Guest Speaker Jenna Jambeck, PhD Professor, College of Engineering University of GeorgiaLecture will be livestreamed: https://ci.uri.edu/ The Annual Scott W. Nixon hosted by the URI Coastal Institute […]
Grad Student Plays Role in CI Effort Readying Coastal Communities for Chronic Flooding Helping communities meet environmental challenges – it’s been the focus of Patrick MacMeekin’s professional life, and the reason why he found a University of Rhode Island (URI) Coastal Institute (CI) demonstration project so compelling. “Forest environments, especially concerning fires, were my focus […]
Buy the Bay: a historical drama Buy the Bay depicts the social and environmental history of Rhode Island coastal communities from the Gilded Age to WWI through the use of period music and scenes culled from primary and secondary sources. This script is available to be produced with no royalty cost and proper credit given; […]
Date: Thursday, April 5th at 3:30 PM-5:00PM Location: Coastal Institute Auditorium, URI Narragansett Bay Campus Reception to follow at 5:00PM in Studio Blue. Guest Speaker Dr. Robinson W. Fulweiler Associate Professor Director of the BU Marine Program Departments of Earth & Environment and Biology Boston University For further information about the lecture or reception, please contact the URI […]
Join us for a panel discussion about sea level rise and increased storm impacts on the town of Warren and information about Warren and Barrington’s selection as a climate change demonstration site. With extensive coastline and low-lying areas near the water, Warren and Barrington are among the most vulnerable communities at risk of significant impact […]
Date: Thursday, April 13th at 3:30 PM-5:00PM Location: Coastal Institute Auditorium, URI Narragansett Bay Campus Reception to follow at 5:00PM in Studio Blue. Guest Speaker Dr. Susan Lozier
Ronie-Richele Garcia-Johnson Professor, Earth and Ocean Sciences Nicholas School of the Environment Duke University You may watch a live webcast of the lecture at: https://www.youtube.com/user/CoastURI For further information […]
Contact the Coastal Institute office: Bay Campus (use for mailing address): URI Coastal Institute Narragansett Bay Campus GSO Box 37, CIB Room 124 Narragansett, RI 02882 Kingston Campus: URI Coastal Institute Kingston Campus, Room 101 Kingston, RI 02281 Email: coastalinstitute@etal.uri.edu Phone: 401.874.6513 uri_coastalinst uri_coastalinstitute uricoastalinstitute CoastURI
Getting Rid of Hypoxia in a Warming World Daniel Conley Professor of Biogeochemistry Lund University, Sweden A number of synthesis efforts have documented the world-wide increase in hypoxia across the land-ocean continuum driven by nutrient inputs and warming. The Baltic Sea provides an interesting case study to examine changes in oxygen dynamics because of the […]
Faculty and research scientists are invited to attend the EPA Office of Research and Development Tools Cafe sponsored by the Coastal Institute. This is a special event to kick off a week long EPA meeting and is being opened to URI CELS and GSO to offer a sneak peek into the valuable work EPA supports. […]