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In an effort to help prevent erosion, signage encourages beachgoers to keep off coastal bluffs. New research supported by NY Sea Grant will provide information that will allow for improved prediction of bluff erosion that informs planning by coastal communities. Image credit: Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program

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$2.1 Million Awarded for Sea Grant Research on NY’s Coastal Environment

New York Sea Grant (NYSG) has awarded more than $2.1 million to support six coastal science research projects —three of which are being led by Stony Brook University faculty — that explore topics relating to and...

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Student Activists Tackle Climate Change

Two Stony Brook students have taken the lead on an influential issue that has significant ramifications for Long Island and the planet. James Pizaro ’22 and Emily Schalkham ’21 have been at the forefront of efforts to...

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Turkana Basin Researchers to Probe Climate Change and Evolution in East Africa

In the summer of 1964, a Yale undergrad named J.G. Mead discovered a beaked whale fossil during an expedition in what is now the Turkana region of northwest Kenya. The 17-million-year-old fossil played an integral role...

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Sara Hamideh Advocates for Equity in Disaster Recovery

The SoMAS professor is an expert on disaster resilience, and finds that Stony Brook provides her with many opportunities for multidisciplinary collaboration.

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Beyond the Expected Podcast: An Interview with Stony Brook’s Naturalist

Alan Inkles with Christopher Paparo Christopher Paparo has been exploring the wilds of Long Island’s marine estuaries for over 30 years, and in this episode of “Beyond the Expected,” guest host Alan Inkles...

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With face masks and other personal protective equipment ending up on sidewalks and other outdoor spaces, a seasonal campaign goes beyond encouraging citizens to break the single-use plastic habit by using reusable bags and bottles at the beach and local park. #DontTrashLISound reminds folks to discard #PPElitter in a secure trash can. Credit: Judy Benson / Connecticut Sea Grant

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#DontTrashLISound: Summer 2020 Social Media Campaign Focuses on PPEs

This year’s campaign centers on discarded face masks, disposable gloves and other PPE that are ending up on sidewalks, parks and other outdoor spaces instead of in the trash.

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Davis at the English Department's Spring 2020 Text & Tea event.

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Grad Student Promotes Water Advocacy Through Experiential Course

Sarah Fisher Davis, a PhD candidate in the Department of English at Stony Brook University, is looking to train Long Island college and high school students to become local water activists and citizen science...

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Stony Brook to Develop Advanced Computational Tools to Design Offshore Wind Farms

The project will optimize offshore wind farm layouts by leveraging high-fidelity simulations on parallel supercomputers, advanced turbine controls and artificial intelligence tools.

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Michael Rubenstein Illuminates a New Field of Research: Energy Humanities

Energy humanities is a subdiscipline of the environmental humanities, with a tighter focus on the story of energy in human civilization. It arose in the early 2010s in response to renewed public awareness about energy...

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Scientists Predict More Rain, Fewer Landfalling Hurricanes

The study by a team of researchers at SoMAS uses global climate modeling to suggest that while rain intensity is likely to increase, the number of storms that make landfall will decrease.

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Master’s Program Prepares Grad for Influencer Role

Helping to clear our shores of unsightly and dangerous plastics is both a mission and a great job for Rachael Coccia ’17, who earned a master’s degree in the Marine Conservation and Policy (MCP) program at the School of...

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Melissa Scheiber ’15 Connects People with the Natural World

The environmental humanities major, who works for the Wildlife Habitat Council, says this field of study bridged her love of wildlife and helped her communicate that passion to a larger audience.

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2020 Earthstock Festival: A Virtual Celebration of the Earth

Stony Brook University’s Earthstock celebration, a much anticipated campus tradition since 2002, is taking place in a much different format this year. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, it is entirely virtual. Stony...

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Interim President Bernstein Pens Op-Ed Explaining Impact of Higher Ed on Communities

In an op-ed published December 23 in University Business, Interim President Michael A. Bernstein explains how higher ed institutions can align the work of faculty and students with the needs, goals and interests of...

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Leveraging Social Science to Fight Climate Change

While some diehards may still question the scientific validity of global warming and climate change, graduate student Talbot Andrews ’20 has seen it from a closer perch than most. Growing up in Portland, she spent her...

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The Stony Brook Food Recovery Network students (left to right): Linda Lin, Sophia Zhukovsky, Ania Parcel, Inna Trygubchuk and Anton Kobrin.

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SBU Food Recovery Network Fights Hunger in Local Community

The Faculty Student Association (FSA) and CulinArt have recently partnered with the Food Recovery Network, a national nonprofit that helps fight food waste and hunger by recovering perishable food that would otherwise...

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Pioneering Study Maps Ocean Areas in Need of Preservation

A first-of-its-kind global marine mapping study provides a roadmap on where to place Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in accordance with United Nations goals for environmental preservation. The study, conducted by a...

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Paul Shepson Awarded for Research on Greenhouse Gas Emission Rates

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 Technology (NIST) for his project, “Observations, Analysis, and...

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Category - Sustainability

$2.1 Million Awarded for Sea Grant Research on NY’s Coastal Environment

Student Activists Tackle Climate Change

Beyond the Expected Podcast: An Interview with Stony Brook’s Naturalist

Grad Student Promotes Water Advocacy Through Experiential Course

Stony Brook to Develop Advanced Computational Tools to Design Offshore Wind Farms

Michael Rubenstein Illuminates a New Field of Research: Energy Humanities

Scientists Predict More Rain, Fewer Landfalling Hurricanes

Master’s Program Prepares Grad for Influencer Role

2020 Earthstock Festival: A Virtual Celebration of the Earth

SBU Food Recovery Network Fights Hunger in Local Community

Pioneering Study Maps Ocean Areas in Need of Preservation

Paul Shepson Awarded for Research on Greenhouse Gas Emission Rates

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