Climate change is already impacting the Narragansett Bay Watershed’s environment and economy. Fortunately, state and local agencies, cities and towns, and businesses and homeowners in Rhode Island have already begun implementing innovative strategies to protect natural resources, the economy, and public health. While climate change takes many forms—droughts, wildfires and emerging diseases—the 2017 Watershed […]
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Environmental Monitoring Workshop Announced
Thursday, October 19th, 2017 8:00AM-3:30PM, RIEMC meeting 3:30-4:30PM Coastal Institute Auditorium, Narragansett Bay Campus Join us for a one-day workshop to discuss current monitoring efforts in Narragansett Bay, prioritize gaps that need to be filled to achieve comprehensive monitoring, and identify opportunities for new data collection or novel synthesis approaches. We invite participants […]
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High season for Atlantic hurricanes is here. On Friday, September 8, 2017, there will be a quick debrief session for the Scientific Support of Environmental Emergency Response (SSEER) network to attend in person or via WebEx. Date: Friday, September 8 Time: 8:00-8:45 a.m. coffee and bagels In-person: Room 117, Kingston […]
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The Coastal Institute hosted the 5th Annual Scott W. Nixon Lecture featuring Dr. Susan Lozier of Duke University on April 13, 2017. Dr. Nixon had a lifelong commitment to big-picture thinking and to challenging seemingly-accepted scientific theories, a commitment that Dr. Lozier shares as she challenges traditional thinking about how our ocean waters circulate the […]
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Climate change is real, but it’s also scary. Add to this the fact that our brains are hard-wired first and foremost to survive socially by ignoring threatening problems of such complexity. The result? Our current communication strategies regarding climate changes are an unequivocal failure. Consequently, efforts to convince people to mitigate climate change are doomed […]
Continue reading "Don’t Even Think About It"CI Senior Fellow Spotlight: Dr. Austin Becker
CI: Tell us a bit about a research project you are excited about right now? AB: One project I am excited about is an integrated “virtual disaster impacts model.” This will bring together a range of impact models such as engineering models which measure damages to buildings, economic impacts on whole states and regions, […]
Continue reading "CI Senior Fellow Spotlight: Dr. Austin Becker"Jasmine Dumas kicked off the “Careers in R” speaker series with Adventures in Crafting a Data Science Career
Big data are a big deal. No one knows that better than Jasmine Dumas, who started down her career path as an engineer where she was exposed to a glut of underused data in the manufacturing of medical equipment. Intrigued by the information she could mine from the data, she began investigating on her own—taking […]
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The Nature Conservancy and the University of Rhode Island’s Coastal Institute (TNC/URI) are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017 TNC/URI Student Research Award. This award supports research projects that advance the conservation and restoration of marine and coastal ecosystems. Amber Hardy, Biological and Environmental Sciences, College of the Environment and Life Sciences (Research […]
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Name: Miles Davis Email: kindof@blue.com College/Department: URI Arts and Sciences / Music Grant name: Testing Trumpet 4 Granting Agency/Foundation: NSF URI Grant Number: 123,456 List of Co-PIs: Bill Evans / piano John Coltrane / tenor sax How was the CI credited?: Mad props Work Products: Studio albums Does the CI have permission to use images/videos? […]
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Name: Abe Lincoln Email: Abe@wh.gov Work Products: This is a test of the emergency broadcast system If this had been an Actual Test…
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