by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Feb 6, 2018 | Winter 2018
Ice and Oysters An oyster may seem like a simple food; plucked straight from the water, it can be enjoyed on the spot, without any extra ingredients or cooking necessary. While its preparation may seem simple, its consumption reveals a complex story of glaciers and...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Feb 6, 2018 | Winter 2018
Laying Low An old church converted into two townhomes sits 60 feet above Newport Harbor, safely away from the encroaching sea. It is here that long-time Newport residents Hilary and David Stookey moved nearly five years ago, leaving their previous home along Almy...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Feb 6, 2018 | Winter 2018
Geology in Motion Surfing in Rhode Island By Meredith Haas | Photographs by Jesse Burke Surfing in New England often means donning thick, hooded wetsuits, navigating the occasional snow-covered beach, and avoiding rocks—conditions that explain why surfing here was...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Feb 6, 2018 | Winter 2018
A Military History of Narragansett Bay Narragansett Bay is a gift of the glaciers, which over millions of years left behind a 30-mile long, 102 square-mile navigable waterway, one of the finest deep-water ports on the East Coast. John King, University of Rhode Island...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Feb 6, 2018 | Winter 2018
We are the Landscape “We’re interrelated with the landscape; the name ‘Nahiganseck’ (later corrupted to Narragansett by Europeans) means ‘the people of the small points,’ which is describing the topography that we’re on that is adjacent to the ocean,” says Lorén...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Feb 6, 2018 | Winter 2018
The Landscape of the Sea Have you ever stopped to consider that in the pantheon of historic milestones of Rhode Island, there is one event that rises above all others? Moreover, that it underscores the significance of the natural attributes of the Ocean State and its...
