SoMAS Researchers: Dissolved Oxygen and pH Policy Leave Fisheries at Risk
Photo above: Stony Brook’s Christopher Gobler is one of Long Island’s leading experts on water conservation. From Researchers: Dissolved Oxygen and pH Policy Leave Fisheries at Risk on Stony Brook University News, April 23, 2020 Stony Brook University’s Christopher J....
2020 Earthstock Festival: A Virtual Celebration of the Earth
From 2020 Earthstock Festival: A Virtual Celebration of the Earth by Glenn Jochum on Stony Brook University News, April 22, 2020. Stony Brook University’s Earthstock celebration, a much anticipated campus tradition since 2002, is taking place in a much different...
SBU Researchers Collaborate on Genetic Tool Development in Marine Protists
Photo above: A set of Microscopic images of Aurantiochytrium cells. The top images show a wild-type Aurantiochytrium cell and the bottom images show a genetically engineered Aurantiochytrium cell that now expresses green fluorescent protein (GFP). The scale bar...
Experts call for immediate action to save the world’s most resilient corals
Photo Above: Corals in the Gulf of Aqaba (credit Ove Hoegh-Guldberg) Despite political tensions between countries along the Red Sea, researchers band together to call upon UNESCO to declare the Red Sea’s entire coral reef as a Marine World Heritage Site while...
Winter Faculty Research News
Photo above: Dr. Flagg’s latest flight over the breach at Old Inlet Here are the latest updates about our faculty and their research. Dr. Hyemi Kim’s recent publication “Insignificant QBO‐MJO prediction skill relationship in the SubX and S2S...
Mount Sinai High School Claims First Place in Bay Scallop Bowl
Photo Above: The team from Mount Sinai High School (back row) Coach Andrew Matthews, Katherine Fedotov, Aaron Angress, Arielle Mule, Matthew Miller, Assistant Coach Glynis Nau-ritter, (front row) Jake DeBlasio (B team) and Jonathon Jacobson. Congratulations to Mount...
Souper Bowl VI Defeats the Chilly February Weather
The cold rainy weather Thursday February 6th was no match for Souper Bowl VI. Thanks to the cooks who provided a hearty repast to beat back winter: Betsy Barrows – Escarole and White Bean Soup Jackie Collier – Vegan No-chill Chili Christina Heilbrun...
Stony Brook University Interim President Bernstein Pens Op-Ed Explaining Impact of Higher Ed on Communities
From Interim President Bernstein Pens Op-Ed Explaining Impact of Higher Ed on Communities on Stony Brook University News, December 23, 2019. In an op-ed published December 23 in University Business, Interim President Michael A. Bernstein explains how higher ed...
Celebrating the Top Stories of the Decade
As 2019 draws to a close, so does another decade of Making Scientific Research Count. The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences accomplished much in the years between 2010 and 2019, recording $82 million in research expenditures, and over 1,300 degree...
Substantial Natural History Collection Gifted to SoMAS
Photo above: the Research Vessel Seawolf conducting a cruise on the Hudson River. From Extraordinary Collection of Marine Specimens and Data Donated to University on SBU News, December 6, 2019 Gift provides a windfall of unpublished biological and water quality data...
New York State Ocean Acidification Task Force to Meet on December 3
The third public meeting of the NYS Ocean Acidification Task Force will take place on Tuesday, December 3, 6:30-8:30 pm in 201 Wang Center. All are invited to attend. Dr. Brad Peterson from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University will...
NY Sea Grant Contributes to Marine Aquaculture Research Projects
Photo above: SBU’s Bassem Allam is the lead PI on a study of hard clams (photo by Bassem Allam); Inset photo: A worker at Norm Bloom & Son Oysters offloads shellfish harvested from the company’s beds in Norwalk, CT (photo by Judy Benson, Connecticut Sea Grant)....
Cell Chemistry Illuminated by Laser Light
Image above: Raman microspectroscopy helps researchers observe cell chemistry by focusing a laser beam on a spot within a cell and then capturing light emitted after interactions with cellular molecules, which produces a molecular fingerprint (Raman spectrum). From...
New Study Reveals Important yet Unprotected Global Ocean Areas
From New Study Reveals Important yet Unprotected Global Ocean Areas on Stony Brook News, October 25, 2019. The published findings may guide policymakers to increase MPAs STONY BROOK, NY, October 25, 2019 — The largest synthesis of important marine areas conducted to...Subscribe by Email
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