Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2019-06-26

Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2019-06-26

Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on June 26, 2019.  The flyover mosaic is available below.  This is the 77th geo-referenced photo mosaic in the series. Mark Lang has assembled all the geo-referenced photo mosaics into a...
Saving the Sharks by way of Biological Research

Saving the Sharks by way of Biological Research

From Saving the Sharks by way of Biological Research on Stony Brook News on June 3, 2019. Global shark populations have experienced exponential declines for decades due to marine pollution, fisheries exploitation and coastal development. Oliver Shipley, a PhD student...
Lucy DiBenedetto (BS, 2019)

Lucy DiBenedetto (BS, 2019)

From WISE Student Is an Activist for Local Water Quality on Stony Brook News by Glenn Jochum on May 29, 2019. If you ever want to start a conversation with Lucy DiBenedetto ’19, just ask her about her backpack. It’s festooned with lanyards, pins and hand-stitched...
Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2019-05-27

Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2019-05-27

Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on May 27, 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...
SoMAS Faculty Awarded NCAR Early Career Faculty Innovator Award

SoMAS Faculty Awarded NCAR Early Career Faculty Innovator Award

From Interdisciplinary Program to Examine Potential Coastal Impacts of Climate Change, Natural Hazards by David Hosansky on NCAR & UCAR News, May 16, 2019 The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is launching a significant new program this summer,...
Supercomputer Cloud Modeling Could Help to Predict Climate Change

Supercomputer Cloud Modeling Could Help to Predict Climate Change

From Supercomputer Cloud Modeling Could Help to Predict Climate Change by Glenn Jochum on Stony Brook News, May 13, 2019. One of Stony Brook University’s Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS) core faculty members from SoMAS (The School of Marine and...
Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2019-04-29

Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2019-04-29

Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on April 29, 2019.  The flyover mosaic is available below.  The water was very clear during the flight!  Mark Lang has assembled all the geo-referenced photo mosaics into a kml file that...
Study Points to Kelp Farming Opportunities on Long Island

Study Points to Kelp Farming Opportunities on Long Island

Photo above: Stony Brook University scientist Mike Doall, left, and oyster farmer Paul McCormick with kelp grown on the Great Gunn oyster farm this spring. From Study Points to Kelp Farming Opportunities on Long Island on Stony Brook News, April 25, 2019. Pioneering...
NSF Supports Marine Science Educational Research Programs

NSF Supports Marine Science Educational Research Programs

Photo above: Professor Gordon Taylor in his lab. From NSF Supports Marine Science and Chemistry Educational Research Programs on Stony Brook News on April 12, 2019 by Greg Filiano STONY BROOK, NY, April 12, 2019 – The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the...
Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2019-03-24

Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2019-03-24

Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on March 24, 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...
Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2019-02-14

Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2019-02-14

Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on February 14, 2019.  The flyover mosaic is available below.  Dr. Flagg provided the following report (PDF): Another breach overflight was carried out Thursday Feb 14th near low tide in...
Two SoMAS Teams Awarded Ocean Research Grants to Study Waters off NY

Two SoMAS Teams Awarded Ocean Research Grants to Study Waters off NY

Photo above: New York Bight Whale Monitoring Program. Property of NYSDEC and the aerial survey contractor, Tetra Tech From Two SBU Teams Awarded Ocean Research Grants to Study Waters off NY on Stony Brook News, February 6, 2019. Nearly $570,000 in ocean research...
SoMAS MCP Students Spend Winter at Cape Eleuthera

SoMAS MCP Students Spend Winter at Cape Eleuthera

Photo above by Oliver Shipley: Marine Conservation and Policy Students at Cape Eleuthera Institute during a two-week field research class in Eleuthera Over Winter Break, Marine Conservation and Policy students participated in a field course held in collaboration...