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Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2017-04-09
Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on April 9, 2017. The flyover mosaic is available below. Dr. Flagg provided the following report: Sunday April 9th was a clear and low wind day and perfect for another aerial photo run...![Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2017-03-13](https://you.stonybrook.edu/somas/files/2017/03/IMG_20170313_091855402_HDR_1000w-2mofvl1.jpg)
Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2017-03-13
Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on June 30, 2016. The flyover mosaic is available below. Dr. Flagg provided the following report: Today was the first time in a couple of weeks that we’ve had flyable weather so...![Peterson Lab Investigates Clam-Seagrass Mutualism in Panama](https://you.stonybrook.edu/somas/files/2017/02/YDXJ0152_WWiedDChin_airlift-292i2df-1080x675.jpg)
Peterson Lab Investigates Clam-Seagrass Mutualism in Panama
Diana Chin, a PhD candidate in the Peterson Lab, recently returned from a 14-week visit to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) Bocas del Toro research station in Panama. She was investigating mutualism among chemosymbiotic clams and tropical seagrasses as part of her dissertation research, in collaboration with Smithsonian Staff Scientist Dr. Andrew Altieri and assistants Kevin Katcher and William Wied (SoMAS ‘16, B.S. Marine Sciences). Her research was supported by funding from the Graduate Research Internship Program (GRIP), part of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, and by a STRI Short-Term Fellowship.
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Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2017-02-04
Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on February 4, 2017. The flyover mosaic is available below. Dr. Flagg provided the following report: Saturday was a nice day and the plane had been repaired so I carried out another...![Worm Lab Research Discovers Crumb Rubber Contains Heavy Metals](https://you.stonybrook.edu/somas/files/2017/02/NECIR2-771x511-1ig4p1a-139316i.jpg)
Worm Lab Research Discovers Crumb Rubber Contains Heavy Metals
Chemosphere, a peer-reviewed journal that focuses on environmental contaminants, has published a paper from the Sustainability Studies Earthworm Ecotoxicology Lab: Pochron, S., Fiorenza, A., Sperl, C., Ledda, B., Patterson, C., Tucker, C., … & Panico, N. (2017)....![Ellen Pikitch Part of Team Studying Marine Fisheries Reform in China](https://you.stonybrook.edu/somas/files/2016/08/080818_Pikitch_058a-1y7kaxl.jpg)
Ellen Pikitch Part of Team Studying Marine Fisheries Reform in China
From SoMAS’ Ellen Pikitch Part of Team Studying Marine Fisheries Reform in China on Stony Brook Matters, January 23, 2017 Professor Ellen Pikitch, executive director of the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at...![Old Inlet Breach 2017-01-15](https://you.stonybrook.edu/somas/files/2017/01/IMG_20170115_143028421-1hj3f2e-1080x675.jpg)
Old Inlet Breach 2017-01-15
Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on June 30, 2016. The flyover mosaic is available below. Dr. Flagg provided the following report: We carried out a photo overflight of the breach area Sunday, January 15th, around...![SBU Mentors 21 Regeneron Finalists](https://you.stonybrook.edu/somas/files/2017/01/Caitlin_Gormley_GIS-1v2ypfj-1080x675.jpg)
SBU Mentors 21 Regeneron Finalists
Photo above: Regeneron Science Talent Search finalist Caitlin Gormley from Sayville Highschool standing with her GIS project Long Island as a region produced a total of 58 first-round prizewinners in the renamed Regeneron Science Talent Search (the competition was...![Marine Vertebrate Biology major selected as URECA Researcher of the Month](https://you.stonybrook.edu/somas/files/2017/01/michelle1-vewxvm.jpg)
Marine Vertebrate Biology major selected as URECA Researcher of the Month
From Undergraduate Research and Creative Actitivites (URECA) Researcher of the Month, January 2017 Michelle Barbosa Marine Vertebrate Biology major, University Scholars program, Class of 2017 Research Mentor: Dr. Bassem Allam, Marine Animal Disease Laboratory, School...![SoMAS Featured in Two Top SBU Stories for 2016](https://you.stonybrook.edu/somas/files/2017/01/ABCNYChrisGobler-1askxpc.jpg)
SoMAS Featured in Two Top SBU Stories for 2016
(Above) Interviewed outside the Stony Brook Southampton-based Marine Science Research Center, SoMAS Professor Chris Gobler provides insight on the algae bloom problem. From Stony Brook University’s Top Stories in 2016 on the Stony Brook Newsroom Stony Brook,...![SoMAS secures NSF Grant to Bolster Geosciences Education Support for Underrepresented Students](https://you.stonybrook.edu/somas/files/2016/12/geopath-impact3-1wjdvom-1080x675.jpg)
SoMAS secures NSF Grant to Bolster Geosciences Education Support for Underrepresented Students
From “NSF Grant Bolsters Geosciences Education Support for Underrepresented Students” on SBU Happenings, December 21, 2016 with contributions by Brian Colle Stony Brook University was recently awarded a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation...![SoMAS Study Uses Radar to Better Predict Shallow Cloud Coverage](https://you.stonybrook.edu/somas/files/2016/12/SoMASHighlightHeader-26ieqc2.jpg)
SoMAS Study Uses Radar to Better Predict Shallow Cloud Coverage
Shallow convection plays a critical role in the heat and moisture transfer between the boundary layer and free atmosphere above about 2 km. However, with an average spatial scale of 0.5–1.5 km, shallow cumuli are not resolved in weather forecast and climate models,...![North Atlantic Tuna Less Toxic, SoMAS Study Finds](https://you.stonybrook.edu/somas/files/2016/12/29718359945_0c1bd0a93c_k-1xetpjw-1080x675.jpg)
North Atlantic Tuna Less Toxic, SoMAS Study Finds
From “North Atlantic Tuna Less Toxic, Study Finds” on SBU Happenings, 2016-12-07 In a piece of welcome news for seafood lovers, a Stony Brook-led research team has found declining levels of mercury in bluefin tuna caught in the North Atlantic over the past...![Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2016-12-08](https://you.stonybrook.edu/somas/files/2016/12/IMG_20161208_094519789-1qa5gyn-1080x675.jpg)