Highlights
The page features research highlights at SoMAS.
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 and...
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 clear...
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...
Study Finds Ancient Molecules from the Sea Burst Into the Air From Ocean Waves
Photo above: Steven Beaupré at sea with the generator used to study how aerosol production carries ancient organic matter from the ocean to the atmosphere. From Study: Breaking Waves Propel Ancient Molecules Into the Air on Stony Brook News, October 23, 2019. STONY...
SoMAS Dean Awarded for Research on Greenhouse Gas Emission Rates
From "Paul Shepson Awarded for Research on Greenhouse Gas Emission Rates" on Stony Brook News, October 8, 2019. Paul Shepson, Dean of the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, has received a $1.1 million award from the National Institute of Standards and...
SoMAS Researcher Investigates New Modeling Technology to Assess Climate Change Impact on Winter Storms
Photo above: Image of a bomb cyclone that brought heavy snow and strong winds to the U.S. East coast during January 2018. Professor Chang’s research will explore how these cyclones and their impact will change in a warming world. Credit: NOAA From Researcher...
The Modern Environmental Movement Was Born Here as part of Marine Sciences at Stony Brook University
Charles Frederick Wurster (b: 1930) Emeritus Professor in Marine Sciences at SUNY Stony Brook, co-founder of the Environmental Defense Fund, American Environmental Scientist. Patricia Paladines and Carl Safina created a tribute to celebrate the role of the School of...
Old Inlet Breach Flyover 2019-09-23
Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on September 23, 2019. The flyover mosaic is available below. Dr. Flagg provided the following report (PDF): Those of you have followed these reports may remember that in a February...