by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 19, 2020 | Spring 2020
A River Runs Through It A CHANGING CLIMATE, INCREASING DEVELOPMENT, AND AGING, ANTIQUATED DAMS ARE PUTTING RHODE ISLAND CITIES AND TOWNS IN PERIL By Bob Gulla | Photographs by Monica Allard Cox THE DAME AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE John L. Curran Lower Reservoir in...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 19, 2020 | Spring 2020
Architecture for the Birds, the Bees, and the Rising Seas INSTALLATION IN TOUISSET REFUGE PROVIDES ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, ECOLOGICAL HABITAT By Monica Allard Cox | Photographs by Dana Smith Architect and landscape designer Leonard Yui created “ecological...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Mar 31, 2020 | Fall 2019
Mapping the Road to Resilience If you live in one of the 21 communities that abut Rhode Island’s coastline, you probably know the place. There’s a road in the neighborhood that pretty much leads to nowhere. At one point it might have led to a beach, but now the end of...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 13, 2019 | Fall 2019
Unsafe Harbor “I DON’T THINK ANYTHING WILL HAPPEN UNTIL THERE’S A MAJOR ISSUE.” By Cathy Shufro Photographs by Michael Salerno A yellow-and-gray crane towers above a hill of salt on the ProvPort pier. This late-March delivery from Egypt constitutes...
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...
