February 2022 SoMAS News
Here’s the February News and Press Wrap-Up from SoMAS! Congratulations to Dr. Sharon Pochron, who has been promoted to Associate Professor of Practice at SoMAS! In the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships, SoMAS student athlete Jessica Salmon has...
January 2022 News from SoMAS
Happy New Year and here’s to a great start of the Spring 2022 Semester! Hopefully your recovery from the snow event over the weekend was successful. Atmospheric Science researchers spent most of the weekend collecting data at South P Lot and elsewhere as part of...
Septic Nitrogen Sensor Successfully Completes Environmental Performance Testing
From Septic Nitrogen Sensor Successfully Completes Environmental Performance Testing on EPA.gov by David Deegan, October 13, 2021 BOSTON – An innovative sensor technology to provide real-time information on the amount of nitrogen in wastewater has been developed as...
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...
New MPA Guide Maps Out Ways to Effectively Protect 30 Percent of Ocean by 2030
Stony Brook’s Ellen Pikitch part of an international team that developed a detailed plan outlined in Science STONY BROOK, NY, September 9, 2021 – A novel scientific framework to consistently understand, plan, establish, evaluate and monitor ocean protection in Marine...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
Machine Learning May Help Improve Long-Range Weather Forecasting
Photo above, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): MJOs are powerful tropical thunderstorm systems that move eastward, as depicted in this graphic, and affect global weather. STONY BROOK, NY, May 26, 2021 – The accuracy of weather...News Roundup from SoMAS
Did you catch SoMAS in the News? Here’s a few headlines featuring our students, faculty, and staff! Congratulations to Dr. Sara Hamideh, on her NSF CAREER Award, entitled “CAREER: Affordable Versus Vacation Housing Resilience: Mechanisms that Shape Housing...
CCWT Research Finds Likely Source of 1,4-dioxane in Wastewater and Novel Approach for Removal
From Twin University Studies Reveal Contamination of Public Water Supplies by Household Products Containing Likely Human Carcinogen and the Creation of a New Septic System to Remove This, Nitrogen, and Other Contaminants from the New York State Center for Clean Water...
Scientists Warn of Likely Massive Oil Spill Endangering the Red Sea, Region’s Health
Above: Corals in the Gulf of Aqaba, photo by Maoz Fine. Abandoned tanker has 4 times the amount of oil as the Exxon Valdez STONY BROOK, NY, December 15, 2020 – A paper published in Frontiers in Marine Science on December 15 is calling for action to remove the oil from...Subscribe by Email
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