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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.

August 6, 2021

3 min read

Academics Long Island News Highlights SoMAS University

Cultivating Kelp Will Help Cut Down Nitrogen in Local Waters

Christopher Gobler, Endowed Chair of Coastal Ecology and Conservation at SoMAS, talks about a program that would be the first in NY to offer "nitrogen credit" payments for kelp cultivation.

June 4, 2021

2 min read

Awards and Honors College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty/Staff Main University School of Medicine SoMAS Stony Brook Matters University

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.

April 20, 2021

5 min read

Academics Faculty/Staff Long Island Research SoMAS University

Maria Brown Goes to Bat for Bats

They’ve been called creepy, scary and spooky, but Maria Brown says don’t be fooled, and don’t be afraid. Bats are an important species that impacts our daily lives in ways we might not even realize, including...

April 9, 2021

6 min read

Events Long Island SoMAS

“Larry Swanson Waste on Wednesdays” Webinars Start April 7

The four-part free seminar series examining the management of solid waste on Long Island is being held in honor of the late former associate dean of SoMAS.

March 30, 2021

3 min read

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

Awards and Honors Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research SoMAS Stony Brook Matters

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...

March 30, 2021

3 min read

Data collected at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) atmospheric observatory in Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska, indicate that shattering drizzle droplets play a major role in the formation of "secondary" ice in mixed-phase clouds. The results will improve how these cloud processes are represented in computational models used to forecast climate and local snowfall. (Credit: ARM user facility)

Academics Faculty/Staff Research SoMAS

SBU’s Pavlos Kollias Part of BNL Team Studying ‘Secondary’ Ice

Where does snow come from? This may seem like a simple question, but a new study on how water becomes ice in slightly supercooled Arctic clouds may make you rethink the simplicity of snow. Pavlos Kollias, a professor in...

March 23, 2021

8 min read

Academics News Highlights Research SB Southampton SoMAS University

Latest Technology Helping Student Identify Harmful Algae

Graduate student Rebecca Rogers uses Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB), an automated submersible imaging flow cytometer that generates images of particles taken from the aquatic environment.

March 18, 2021

4 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences News Highlights Research SoMAS Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

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.

March 11, 2021

2 min read

Research Sustainability

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

4 min read

News Highlights Research Sustainability

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

6 min read

News Highlights Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight Sustainability

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

4 min read

Greg Marshall Honorary Degree at 2019 Commencement

Alumni Chapters & Groups Main University Stony Brook Matters

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

10 min read

Academics Faculty/Staff Featured Story Research SoMAS Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

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

8 min read

Business Long Island News Highlights Sustainability Wellness

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

5 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Research Sustainability

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

2 min read

Academics Alumni News SoMAS Stony Brook Matters

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

12 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Entrepreneurialism Service Student Spotlight Sustainability

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

8 min read

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SoMAS Researchers Use New Method to Predict Precipitation Changes

Cultivating Kelp Will Help Cut Down Nitrogen in Local Waters

Five SBU Faculty Rise to the Rank of SUNY Distinguished Professor

Maria Brown Goes to Bat for Bats

“Larry Swanson Waste on Wednesdays” Webinars Start April 7

Scientist Receives SUNY TAF Award for Technology to Advance Septic Systems

SBU’s Pavlos Kollias Part of BNL Team Studying ‘Secondary’ Ice

Latest Technology Helping Student Identify Harmful Algae

Latest Discoveries Revealed at SBU’s Virtual Postdoc Spotlight

Massive Oil Spill Looms in Red Sea

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

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

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

Supercomputer Cloud Modeling Could Help to Predict Climate Change

Study Points to Kelp Farming Opportunities on Long Island

Marine Sciences and Chemistry Win NSF Grants

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

Stony Brook’s Student Entrepreneurs are Growing and Glowing

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