by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jun 17, 2020 | Spring 2020
The Birth of Ocean Science in Rhode Island By Stephen Hale | Illustrations by H.A.Ogden, courtesy of Harvard University Alexander Agassiz in 1896. Agassiz launched the first Rhode Island marine lab in 1877. Photograph courtesy of the Museum of Comparative Zoology...
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
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...
