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Massive Oil Spill Looms in Red Sea

Scientists are calling for action to remove the oil from a decaying and inactive tanker that holds approximately one million barrels of oil before its current seepage turns into a massive oil spill.

December 16, 2020

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For SoMAS’s Oliver Shipley, Every Week is Shark Week

Oliver Shipley might have one of the best assignments in the world — he gets to scrutinize what is arguably Earth’s most fascinating and feared creature in its natural habitat, from the safety of an underwater research...

July 31, 2019

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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...

June 3, 2019

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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...

May 30, 2019

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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...

May 13, 2019

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Study Points to Kelp Farming Opportunities on Long Island

In recent years, seaweeds have been notorious for washing up and fouling beaches on Long Island. Now, a collaborative team of scientists and marine farmers have demonstrated that the seaweed, sugar kelp, can be...

April 25, 2019

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Marine Sciences and Chemistry Win NSF Grants

The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) has been awarded $434,000 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) has to advance research that will help scientists understand the global carbon cycle in the ocean...

April 15, 2019

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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...

April 15, 2019

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Stony Brook’s Student Entrepreneurs are Growing and Glowing

For most students, going to college is a stepping stone to greater things, a means of reaching their professional goals and aspirations. But a growing number of Stony Brook students are getting a head start on...

March 22, 2019

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Claire Garfield ’20 Lands Prestigious Fellowship

“Stony Brook University was always on my mind because of the research opportunities,” said Claire Garfield, a junior in the Honors College who is getting a jumpstart on her plans to pursue a PhD in biological...

February 28, 2019

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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...

February 22, 2019

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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...

September 26, 2018

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