Highlights
The page features research highlights at SoMAS.
Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2018-05-25
Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on May 25, 2018. The flyover mosaic is available below. A report on the status of the breach from Dr. Flagg is pending. Mark Lang has assembled all the geo-referenced photo mosaics...
SoMAS Faculty Secure $1.1 Million for NY Sea Grant Research Projects
Photo Above: According to Gobler, 2017 was one of the worst years for brown tide and red tides that cause paralytical shellfish poisoning. It covered the entire south shore of Long Island by early June and persisted through late July in Great South Bay, pictured here....
Reservation for two species—fisherman and dolphins are grabbing a bite at the same NY artificial reef
Above: This underwater microphone heard people and dolphins using an artificial reef in New York to find fish to eat. Credit: Stony Brook University From "Reservation for two species—fisherman and dolphins are grabbing a bite at the same NY artificial reef" on...
Old Inlet Breach Flyovers 03-26 and 04-25 2018
Above: Old Inlet Breach on March 26, 2018 Dr. Charles Flagg took flights over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on March 26 and April 25, 2018. The flyover mosaics are available below. Dr. Flagg noted that the April 25th flight was "near high tide and the sun...
SoMAS Shines at Earthstock
SoMAS had great, enthusiastic participation at Earthstock this year. Thank you to everyone at SoMAS who helped with the event in some way: Interim Dean Larry Swanson kicked the week off with his lecture, “Dredging Stony Brook Harbor,” at the Three Village Historical...
Earthworm Lab Students Receive Undergraduate Recognition Awards
Students Mateo Mezic and Sajjad Hussaini working with Dr. Sharon Pochron in the Earthworm Toxicology Lab received Undergraduate Recognition Awards for Excellence and Outstanding Achievement in the category for Academic Excellence. Mateo earned this award in part...
Stony Brook Students Wield Science on Behalf of Sustainability
Photo above: Algae-scrubber team includes, from left, Christina Giordanella, Elisabeth Van Roijen, Shauna Wright and Associate Professor Kate Aubrecht. From Stony Brook Students Wield Science on Behalf of Sustainability by Glenn Jochum on SBU Happenings, April 16,...
SoMAS Research Aims to improve seasonal storm track forecasts, look to the tropical stratosphere
Image above: Satellite image of a bomb cyclone moving along the North Atlantic storm track on the East Coast as seen from NOAA's GOES-16 Satellite on January 4, 2018. Credit: NOAA/CIRA From To improve season storm track forecasts, look to the tropical stratosphere by...
SoMAS Professor Analyzes Storm Damage on North Shore
Photo above by R. Lawrence Swanson: An eroding bluff at Long Beach has been stabilized by constructing a stone seawall at the bluff’s base. The bluff has been terraced to capture material that rolls down from the top and can be planted with vegetation that will help...
SoMAS joint faculty member leads team that discovered “Supercolony” of Adélie Penguins in Antarctica
From "Supercolony" of Adélie Penguins Discovered in Antarctica on the Stony Brook Newsroom by Gregory Filiano Additional coverage of this story is featured on CBS News, Futurity, Drone DJ, Geek.com, Newsday, BBC and the New York Times STONY BROOK, N.Y., March 2, 2018...