Highlights
The page features research highlights at SoMAS.
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
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
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
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
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
(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, NY,...
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 (NSF) to...
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
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
Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on December 8, 2016. The flyover mosaic is available below. Dr. Flagg provided the following report: I flew over the breach again today, December 8th, and there are some major...