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Two from SoMAS Chosen as ESA Graduate Student Policy Award Recipients

Stony Brook University graduate students Isabella Betancourt and Abigail J. Costigan, from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences’ (SoMAS) Marine Conservation and Policy program, have been selected in the...

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SBU Part of NASA Mission to Better Understand Tropical Storms

Data collected from the mission will help scientists better understand and predict the behavior of dangerous tropical storms and address a significant issue of climate change.

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The National Huidong Sea Turtle Reserve in the Guangdong Province is one of the MPAs in China. Credit: Ellen Pikitch

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Study Provides First-Time Data on China’s Marine Conservation

The study, led by SBU's Ellen Pikitch, provides insight into the country’s progress toward meeting global commitments to protect marine waters.

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A new study shows long-finned pilot whales in the Northeast U.S. shifted poleward during a 25-year period, as water temperatures warmed rapidly.

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Study Shows Climate Change Could Be Altering the Marine Food Web

According to SoMAS' Lesley Thorne, if climate change decouples relationships between marine mammals and their prey, this could have important implications for marine food web dynamics.

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Team Develops Plan to Protect 30 Percent of Ocean by 2030

SoMAS’ Ellen Pikitch is part of a team that developed a framework to consistently understand, plan, establish, evaluate and monitor ocean protection in Marine Protected Areas.

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Five SBU Subjects in Top 100 of Academic Ranking of World Universities

According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, Stony Brook University has placed among the top 100 in the world in several subject areas: #19 Mathematics #46...

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SoMAS Researchers Use New Method to Predict Precipitation Changes

The study provides a new method to understand the physical causes of future regional precipitation changes, which has an impact on the environment, climate and human activities worldwide.

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Five SBU Faculty Rise to the Rank of SUNY Distinguished Professor

Anissa Abi-Dargham, J. Kirk Cochran, Maurizio Del Poeta, Yi-Xian Qin and Paul Shepson have received the prestigious honor bestowed by SUNY upon professionals of the highest caliber.

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A new technology to accurately and cost effectively detect nitrogen from wastewater, such as at a sewage plant as the one depicted, is being developed by Stony Brook researchers. Source: Hermann Hammer, Pixabay License

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Scientist Receives SUNY TAF Award for Technology to Advance Septic Systems

Qingzhi Zhu, an associate professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) at Stony Brook University, has received a SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund (TAF) award for his research to develop a low-cost...

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Latest Discoveries Revealed at SBU’s Virtual Postdoc Spotlight

The annual event — designed like a TED talk — gave Stony Brook’s postdocs the opportunity to present their cutting-edge research to an audience in five minutes.

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Chris Crosby ‘19 Aims to Leave the Planet Healthier Than He Found It

Maybe it was going hunting and fishing with his grandmother. Or being glued to the Discovery Channel as a kid. Either way, Chris Crosby’s love of nature was too strong to ignore, and led him to enroll at Stony Brook...

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Greg Marshall Honorary Degree at 2019 Commencement

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For Greg Marshall ’88, an Emmy-Winning Career Started at SoMAS

Imagine being underwater and seeing a shark swimming nearby. What would go through your mind? Fear? Wonder? When Greg Marshall ’88 saw a shark in the water near him off the coast of Belize in 1986 — while doing research...

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Supercomputer Cloud Modeling Could Help to Predict Climate Change

One of Stony Brook University’s Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS) core faculty members from SoMAS (The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences) — Marat Khairoutdinov — has created a global cloud...

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For Carolyn Hall ’09, Mixing Science and the Arts is a Thrilling Dance

Early on in her training as a dancer, Carolyn Hall ’09 had to learn to be able to pivot quickly. Who knew it would have such valuable application as a life skill? Hall, who holds an MS in Marine Science from Stony Brook...

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Do Animals Think and Feel?

What, if anything, are your pets thinking? Do they value you beyond your reliability as a source of food? What cognitive traits do we share with the elephant, the wolf, primates and other so-called “higher...

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Assessing NYC Flood Risks From Extreme Storms

After Superstorm Sandy, the need to better understand stormwater flood risks and improve infrastructure in the metro area of New York City became a priority. A new study, co-led by Professor Brian Colle, PhD, head of...

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Two from SoMAS Chosen as ESA Graduate Student Policy Award Recipients

Study Provides First-Time Data on China’s Marine Conservation

Study Shows Climate Change Could Be Altering the Marine Food Web

Team Develops Plan to Protect 30 Percent of Ocean by 2030

Five SBU Subjects in Top 100 of Academic Ranking of World Universities

SoMAS Researchers Use New Method to Predict Precipitation Changes

Scientist Receives SUNY TAF Award for Technology to Advance Septic Systems

Latest Discoveries Revealed at SBU’s Virtual Postdoc Spotlight

Chris Crosby ‘19 Aims to Leave the Planet Healthier Than He Found It

Supercomputer Cloud Modeling Could Help to Predict Climate Change

For Carolyn Hall ’09, Mixing Science and the Arts is a Thrilling Dance

Do Animals Think and Feel?

Assessing NYC Flood Risks From Extreme Storms

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