Browsing Category "Rhode Island Sea Grant"
Building Resilience: 41 North Fall 2019
By     |    Dec 21, 2019
Posted in: 41 North Magazine, ASRI, Audubon Society of Rhode Island, Natural Science, Ningret Wildlife Refuge, Rhode Island DEM, Rhode Island Sea Grant, RINHS     |    No Comments

Building Resilience: 41 North Fall 2019

Read the latest issue of 41° North here and find out how Rhode Islanders are responding to climate change. Included in this issue are two stories of mine. Enjoy!

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If you build it, will they come? R.I.’s first artificial reef
By     |    Nov 17, 2019
Posted in: Blue Crab, Rhode Island DEM, Rhode Island Sea Grant, RIDEM, RINHS, Save the Bay, The Nature Conservancy, Uncategorized, URI Graduate School of Oceanography, US Fish and Wildlife     |    No Comments

If you build it, will they come? R.I.’s first artificial reef

It’s been done using decommissioned ships, oil rigs, and even subway cars. Now it’s being done for the first time in Rhode Island. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and RI DEM have teamed up to create the state’s first artificial reef, situated off Sabin Point in Providence. TNC’s communications manager Tim Mooney says the hope is that adding complex structure to the floor of Narragansett Bay will improve recreational fishing and […]

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Using Accelerometers to Track Shark Stress
By     |    Jul 9, 2018
Posted in: BioBlitz, Natural Science, Outdoor writing, Rhode Island Sea Grant, RIDEM, RINHS, Sharks, The Nature Conservancy, Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge, Uncategorized, USFW     |    No Comments

Using Accelerometers to Track Shark Stress

  If we catch and release a shark, does that mean it lives happily ever after? Find out when you read my post and watch a very cool film by visiting Untamed Science. And don’t forget to follow me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/scienceandnatureforapie and on Twitter at @HughMarkey1  

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Never Underestimate a Seaweed
By     |    Feb 11, 2018
Posted in: 41 North Magazine, BioBlitz, Natural Science, Ningret Wildlife Refuge, Outdoor writing, Rhode Island DEM, Rhode Island Sea Grant, RIDEM, RINHS, URI, URI Coastal Institute, URI Graduate School of Oceanography     |    No Comments

Never Underestimate a Seaweed

Breathe in deeply. Hold it. Aaannd release. Feel better? Thank a seaweed. Yes, a seaweed, because about half of all our oxygen comes from that green or red stuff that so often annoys beach goers in the summertime. Dr. Lindsay Green-Gavrielidis of URI’s Department of Natural Resources sung the praises of the ignominious seaweed in a recent lecture at the Rhode Island Natural History Survey (RINHS). It turns out that […]

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41°North Winter 2018
By     |    Feb 8, 2018
Posted in: 41 North Magazine, Geology, Narragansett Indian, Rhode Island Sea Grant, RINHS, Save the Bay, The Nature Conservancy, Uncategorized, URI Coastal Institute, URI Graduate School of Oceanography     |    No Comments

41°North Winter 2018

How does geology affect Rhode Island’s past, present and future? In the latest issue, explore how geology shaped the Narragansett Indian tribe, and read a review of a book that recounts the sometimes surprising affect it had on the settlement of the state. Plus many other fascinating stories! Find it here. 

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Stone, Sturgeon, and Golden Eyes: Celebrating RI Natural History Week
By     |    Nov 12, 2016
Posted in: Audubon Society of Rhode Island, BioBlitz, Natural Science, Ocean State Bird Club, Rhode Island DEM, Rhode Island Sea Grant, RINHS, Uncategorized, URI Coastal Institute, US Fish and Wildlife     |    No Comments

Stone, Sturgeon, and Golden Eyes: Celebrating RI Natural History Week

It lay on the Block Island beach in October, looking for all the world like a medieval missile. Four feet long, body fortified with bony plates. A shortnose sturgeon, a fish that normally resides in rivers and a species that has been cruising around North American waters for 70 million years, had somehow washed up on the beach, at least twelve miles from the nearest river.  How did it get […]

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New Hope for Urban Waterways
By     |    Jul 2, 2016
Posted in: 41 North Magazine, Natural Science, Outdoor writing, Rhode Island Sea Grant, URI, URI Coastal Institute, URI Graduate School of Oceanography     |    No Comments

New Hope for Urban Waterways

Note: This is a .pdf file from 41N Magazine, a publication from Sea Grant and the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography. 41N_Summer16_Urbanwaterways

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Remove All Obstructions: The Long, Slow Road to Restoring Rhode Island’s Rivers
By     |    Nov 16, 2015
Posted in: 41 North Magazine, Rhode Island Sea Grant, Uncategorized, URI Coastal Institute, URI Graduate School of Oceanography, White Rock Dam, Wood Pawcatuck Watershed Association, WPWA     |    No Comments

Remove All Obstructions: The Long, Slow Road to Restoring Rhode Island’s Rivers

There are roughly 800 dams still in existence in the tiny state of Rhode Island,  some of which date back to the colonial era. Read about the work being done to restore the rivers they stopped to their original state in a story that I wrote for 41°N magazine, a publication of Rhode Island Sea Grant and the Coastal Institute at the University of Rhode Island. remove_all_obstructions_2015

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Sea Level Rise and Salt Marsh Migration
By     |    Mar 13, 2015
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Sea Level Rise and Salt Marsh Migration

Introduction: This is a story I wrote for 41°N, Rhode Island’s Ocean and Coastal Magazine, a publication of Rhode Island Sea Grant and the Coastal Institute at the University of Rhode Island .  It revolves around an impact of sea level rise that may surprise some: the destruction of salt marshes.  These are a vital part of the ecosystem, and this tale explains and explores the issue. http://issuu.com/41n_rhodeislandseagrant/docs/41degreesnorth-winter15/30  

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