Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2022-04-25
Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on April 25, 2022. The flyover mosaic is available below. Dr. Flagg noted that everything continues to point to a closure. He reports that salinity is back at levels similar to before...
Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2022-03-16
Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on March 16, 2022, around 0930 EDT and shortly after high tide in the ocean.. The flyover mosaic is available below. Dr. Flagg documented the changes in Inlet Report 27, noting...
CHemistry in the Arctic: Clouds, Halogens, and Aerosols (CHACHA)
Principle Investigators: Stony Brook University (Paul Shepson), University of Michigan (Kerri Pratt), University at Albany (Sara Lance), Penn State University (Jose Fuentes), and University of Alaska at Fairbanks (Bill Simpson), along with the U. Wyoming King Air crew...
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...
Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2022-01-27
The weather, tides, and a functional Super Cub allowed Dr. Charles Flagg to take flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on January 27, 2022. The flyover mosaic is available below. Mark Lang has assembled all the geo-referenced photo mosaics into a kml...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
News and Press from SoMAS
Here’s the latest news and press from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University! Dr. Marat Khairoutdinov has received a new award from Brookhaven Science Associates, in the amount $64,851, for the performance period 6/1/21 –...
SoMAS Researchers Studying Mercury Levels Under Ice
From SBU Researchers Studying Mercury Levels Under Ice on Stony Brook University News, May 10, 2021 Scientists at Stony Brook University, the University of Vermont and Dartmouth College have been studying mercury uptake into the food chain during the winter, and how...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...
Cernadas-Martín Is a Champion for Marine and Human Diversity
Photo above: Sara Cernadas-Martín with the research vessel Seawolf behind her. Photo by John Griffin From Cernadas-Martín Is a Champion for Marine and Human Diversity by Glenn Jochum on Stony Brook University News, May 7, 2021 Sara Cernadas-Martín is a self-described...Subscribe by Email
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