SoMAS Research Examines How Dust Particles in the Air Affect Formation of Ice
Photo above: Microscope image of droplets, about 50 µm in diameter, that are cooled below the melting point of ice (0 °C). The diameter of a human hair is about 70 µm. Lighter shaded droplets are liquid. Darker shaded droplets formed ice and thus appear darker....
SoMAS Study Examines Efficiency of Medicine Removal from Wastewater Treatment Plants
Photo above: Irvin Huang, an advanced graduate student in SBU’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, uses molecular biology to understand the impacts of pollutants on fish health and survival. A large portion of his dissertation research took place in the lab...
Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2020-01-22
Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on January 22, 2020. The flyover mosaic is available below. Mark Lang has assembled all the geo-referenced photo mosaics into a kml file that can be viewed using Google Earth. By...
SoMAS Study Confirms Climate Change Impacted Hurricane Florence’s Precipitation and Size
From Study Confirms Climate Change Impacted Hurricane Florence’s Precipitation and Size on Stony Brook University News, January 2, 2020. STONY BROOK, January 2, 2020 — A study led by Kevin Reed, PhD, Assistant Professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric...
Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2019-12-8
Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on December 8, 2019. The flyover mosaic is available below. Mark Lang has assembled all the geo-referenced photo mosaics into a kml file that can be viewed using Google Earth. By...
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Collection of Marine Specimens and Data Donated to University on SBU News, December 6, 2019 Gift provides a windfall of unpublished biological and water quality data...
SoMAS Grad Student Noah Strycker Takes on Cat-Bird Relations in National Geographic Article
Photo above: Noah Strycker with an Adélie Penguin chick From Grad Student Noah Strycker Takes on Cat-Bird Relations in National Geographic Article on Stony Brook News by Nicholas Raffel on November 26, 2019 It’s no surprise that tensions are high between birdwatchers...
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)....
Fall Updates from SoMAS Faculty
Photo above: the 2019 class of SUNY Chancellor’s Award recipients, including SoMAS Adjunct Lecturer Maria Brown. Congratulations to SoMAS faculty and staff for their recent awards and recognitions. Interim President Michael Bernstein honored more than 65 faculty...
High-Tech Instruments at SoMAS Empower the Search for Microplastics
From High-Tech Instruments Empower the Search for Microplastics by Glenn Jochum on Stony Brook News, November 1, 2019 It’s an invisible problem on a global scale. Drinking straws, shopping bags and other plastic litter contaminating our beaches and oceans are easy to...
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...
Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2019-10-24
As the 7th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy approaches, Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on October 24, 2019. The flyover mosaic is available below. Dr. Flagg noted that the water ” was very clear which showed a...
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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