As rising seas push coastal marshes inland, the yards and woodlands next door are changing. But not much is known about how this happens. That’s why Shimon Anisfeld and colleagues at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies began trying to tease out some of the details of the process by looking at marsh […]
Research
Special issue of journal highlights resilience symposium research
Research from a recent symposium supported by Connecticut Sea Grant, titled “Resilience and the Big Picture: Governing and Financing Innovations for Long Island Sound and Beyond,” has been published in a special issue of the Sea Grant Law and Policy Journal. The six articles in the journal are based on the presentations and panels at […]
Project creating chemical, physical profile of Long Island Sound
Groton – A major two-year research project to profile the water chemistry on Long Island Sound as it changes with seasons and tidal flows completed its first phase in the eastern Sound this summer. Project leaders Penny Vlahos and Michael Whitney, both marine sciences professors at UConn Avery Point, in May 2016 began the series […]
Private landowners hold key to future of coastal marshes
While popular with conservation groups, coastal easements that prevent development in order to protect marshland are not favored by property owners, according to a new study by the University of Connecticut and Virginia Tech. Since private landowners will be critical partners in efforts to save coastal marshes in the face of climate change and rising […]
Clinging Jellyfish Increasing in Groton CT area
Clinging jellyfish, a small, potentially toxic, gelatinous species that tends to live in or near eelgrass beds, are increasing in Mumford Cove and have been sighted in other places in Groton, Connecticut, according to researcher Annette Govindarajan of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Supported by an award from Connecticut Sea Grant, Govindarajan is studying the local […]