Photo above: Kevin Reed discusses the impact of climate change on extreme weather events on “Doug To The Rescue.”
Here’s the latest news and press from SoMAS for July!
Congratulations to SoMAS PhD student Arlaine Sanchez for her “Tools of the Trade” article about Hydrothermal Vents that was just published in Nature Reviews Earth and Environment, entitled “Exploring habitability with artificial hydrothermal vents.” Arlaine, a student in the lab of Dr. Roy Price, was invited by the Senior Editor for Nature Reviews.
Sanchez, A.M. Exploring habitability with artificial hydrothermal vents. Nat Rev Earth Environ (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-021-00206-3
Other Press
Associated Press: Pandemic garbage boom ignites debate over waste as energy (Also appeared in Florida News Times)
- Attempts to convert more pandemic garbage into energy are likely to be controversial, said Frank Roethel, director of the Waste Reduction and Management Institute at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. But using the trash to make power beats letting it pile up, he said.
Christian Science Monitor: Trash talk: Are waste-to-energy plants a sustainable solution?
WHYY Radio Times The deep ocean, climate change and hurricanes
- Stony Brook University professor Kevin Reed joins us to discuss the upcoming hurricane season and the connection between climate change and extreme tropical storms.
Newsday: Long Island Weekly Water Report: Mixed Results
- Chris Gobler, professor of marine science at Stony Brook University and director of the New York State Center for Clean Water Technology, gives an update on the tide.
Newsday: Worst brown tide in years threatens Great South Bay
Newsday: Deadly rust tide spreading in Long Island waters (Video)
News12: Aid coming to help keep baymen afloat as government declares Peconic Bay scallop fishery a disaster
- The Stony Brook Marine and Research Lab is conducting an experiment to find out what is causing the scallops to die off.
Newsday: Study finding early signs of hope for Peconic scallop fishery
- An expanded survey of scallops being funded by New York state and conducted by the Cornell Cooperative Extension and Stony Brook University is finding higher levels of larval scallops than has been seen in 17 years, said Stephen Tettelbach, a shellfish ecologist for Cornell.
Newsday: Long Island weekly water quality report: Seven sites rated poor
- During the summer, a team of students and scientists led by Chris Gobler, professor of marine science at Stony Brook University and director of the New York State Center for Clean Water Technology, tests the water quality weekly at about 30 locations around Long Island.
Newsday: Southampton Town to get its first bay scallop nursery with assist from $580G grant, Cornell CE
- Two years of scallop die-offs recently led the federal government to declare a disaster in the Peconic Bay fishery. However, an ongoing survey funded by New York State and conducted by the Cornell Cooperative Extension and Stony Brook University is finding higher levels of larval scallops than have been seen in 17 years.
Newsday: Brentwood student researchers use STEM projects to find ways to save Long Island marshes
- Nicole Olekanma was one of 18 students who showcased their science research projects as part of a new partnership between Brentwood High School, Stony Brook University and the BIOBUS, a traveling mobile laboratory that provides science research opportunities to students from communities traditionally underrepresented in the STEM — science, technology, engineering, mathematics — field. The collaboration, which focuses on marsh restoration research, is the first of its kind.
Newsday: Long Island weekly water quality report: More sites rated poor
- During the summer, a team of students and scientists led by Chris Gobler, professor of marine science at Stony Brook University and director of the New York State Center for Clean Water Technology, tests the water quality weekly at about 30 locations around Long Island.
Dan’s Papers: Strained Scallops: Feds Declare Peconic Scallop Fishery a Disaster, But Shellfish May Rebound
- More recently, an intense and damaging brown tide has erupted across Great South Bay from Sayville to Patchogue. Monitoring by The Gobler Laboratory at Stony Brook University has revealed that a brown tide has rapidly intensified to more than 300,000 cells per milliliter in Patchogue Bay as of June 23.
Suffolk Times: Experts: Long Island could see ‘very strong increase’ of flooding in two decades
- Based on this study, Stony Brook University professor Edmund Chang said Long Island could see “a very strong increase” in flooding in the early 2040s. Also ran in the Shelter Island Reporter.
WCBS-TV: Town Of Hempstead Beaches Suspend Swimming After More Shark Sightings Off Long Island
- An abundance of bait and bunker fish are likely attracting the sharks, as seen in video captured Saturday off Southampton by Christopher Paparo, Manager of Marine Sciences Center at Stonybrook University Southampton and member of the South Fork Natural History Museum’s Shark Research team.
Newsday: Cold Spring Harbor faces outbreak of toxic algae
- “This one can get into shellfish; so far there is no evidence that’s happened yet — but we’re going to be testing for that,” said Christopher Gobler, endowed chair of coastal ecology and conservation and principal investigator with the Gobler Laboratory at Stony Brook University.
CBS: Town Of Hempstead Beaches Suspend Swimming After More Shark Sightings Off Long Island
CBS Evening News: Shark sightings off New York’s coast are linked to climate change, scientists say
NY Times: Sharks Are Spotted Off Long Island. Scientists Say Don’t Panic.
WPIX: Multiple shark sightings off Long Island: What’s bringing them and how to avoid them Video on YouTube:
Kevin Reed appeared on episode 3 of “Doug to the Rescue” on HBO Max. In this clip, Kevin discusses how his research using computer forecast models shows the impacts of climate change on extreme weather events.
