September Research and Press at SoMAS

September Research and Press at SoMAS

As the semester gets into full swing, here’s the latest updates from SoMAS Faculty and Staff. Dr. Yong Chen has received a new award in the amount $417,022, for the period 9/1/2021 – 8/31/2023 in support of the project entitled “Evaluating Impacts of...
Outreach Coordinator – 2103123

Outreach Coordinator – 2103123

The Peconic Estuary Partnership is hiring an Outreach Coordinator through Stony Brook University! The Peconic Estuary Partnership (PEP) is an innovative partnership of local, state, and federal governments, citizen and environmental groups, businesses and industries,...
August News and Research Updates

August News and Research Updates

As the end of Summer leads into the start of the Fall Semester, SoMAS Faculty and Staff are still in the news. Here’s the press and research updates from August: Dr. Roger Flood has received a new award from the State of Connecticut Dept. of Energy and...
Welcome to Fall 2021!

Welcome to Fall 2021!

Greetings! Welcome back SoMAS students! And welcome to new SoMAS students! We intend to make this an exciting time for you. And it is an important time for all of our students – half of you (last year’s Freshmen students, and this year’s new...
SoMAS Faculty Release Long Island Water Quality App

SoMAS Faculty Release Long Island Water Quality App

How’s the water? – First-ever water quality app allows user to instantly know the status of any beach or water body across Long Island Southampton, NY, August 9th 2021- It’s summer and Long Islanders are enjoying beaches, swimming, fishing, and even clamming.  But how...
SoMAS Scientists Use New Method to Predict Precipitation Changes

SoMAS Scientists Use New Method to Predict Precipitation Changes

Figure Above: This figure depicts summer and winter precipitation in East Asia based on a new mathematical method that reveals less precipitation increases in summer and larger ones in winter. Credit: Wengui Liang Scientists Use New Method to Predict Precipitation...
2021 SoMAS Photo Competition

2021 SoMAS Photo Competition

Previous SoMAS Photo Competitions 2022 SoMAS Photo Competition 2021 SoMAS Photo Competition 2020 SoMAS Photo Competition 2019 SoMAS Photo Competition 2018 SoMAS Photo Competition 2017 SoMAS Photo Competition 2016 SoMAS Photo Competition 2015 SoMAS Photo Competition...
July News and Research Updates

July News and Research Updates

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...
SEA MATE Program Reducing Acid in Oceans, CO2 in the Atmosphere

SEA MATE Program Reducing Acid in Oceans, CO2 in the Atmosphere

Photo above: SoMAS PhD student Nathan Hirtle at Flax Pond Marine Lab From SEA MATE Program Reducing Acid in Oceans, CO2 in the Atmosphere on Stony Brook University News, July 20, 2021 A project called SEA MATE, with a team of researchers led by Stony Brook University...
Latest News and Press from SoMAS

Latest News and Press from SoMAS

Above: Indian Island off Hubbard Ave in Peconic Bay, Riverhead, NY. Photo by Kaitlin Morris. Catch the latest press featuring SoMAS faculty and staff! The Environmental Protection Agency recently granted SoMAS with an award in the amount $522,537 in support of the...
SoMAS, Geosciences Take to the Road in the EarthBus

SoMAS, Geosciences Take to the Road in the EarthBus

Photo above: SBU Faculty and the Crew of the BioBus From SoMAS, Geosciences Take to the Road in the EarthBus on Stony Brook University News, June 25, 2021 Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) and the Department of Geosciences in...
Harmful Brown Tide Erupts Across Great South Bay

Harmful Brown Tide Erupts Across Great South Bay

Photo above: Brown tide in Patchogue on June 23, 2021 Stony Brook’s Gobler Laboratory monitoring the tide; newly spawned hard clams at risk STONY BROOK, NY, June 25, 2021 — An intense and damaging brown tide has erupted across Great South Bay on the south shore...
Owls at Southampton

Owls at Southampton

From Great Horned Owls Descend on Stony Brook Southampton by Chris Paparo on Stony Brook University News, June 22, 2021 On a cold winter’s night, a “hoo-h’HOO-hoo-hoo” rings out from an area of pitch pines behind one of the dorms at the Southampton campus....
Cultivating Kelp Will Help Cut Down Nitrogen in Local Waters

Cultivating Kelp Will Help Cut Down Nitrogen in Local Waters

From Cultivating Kelp Will Help Cut Down Nitrogen in Local Waters on Stony Brook University News, June 4, 2021 Using kelp to help reduce nitrogen in Long Island waters was the subject of a May 27 press conference at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences...