| 09/01/2024 |
New York Sea Grant Research: 2024-26 Projects | Research - News: NYSG has awarded approximately $2.15 million to support 10 research projects, the results of which will directly address multiple high priority community, economic, and environmental objectives.
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| 08/19/2024 |
On YouTube: Hudson River Community Microplastic Remediation Pilot and Sampling Program | Marine Debris - News: In a New York Sea Grant-funded project, researchers from PolyGone aim to pioneer efforts to advance and pilot new aquatic filtration technology designed to monitor and sequester aquatic microplastics from riverine environments.
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| 08/13/2024 |
Visualizing Sea-Level Rise with NYC Students | Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2024): The Resilient Schools Consortium program provides New York City youth with opportunities to better understand and address climate impacts in their neighborhoods.
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| 08/12/2024 |
MyCoast NY: Engaging Communities to Document Floods and Storm Damage | Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2024): New York Sea Grant is coordinating a statewide community science program for the public to document and share their experiences with floods, storm damage, and coastal change through photos.
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| 08/10/2024 |
Bridging Research to Action to Reduce Plastic Pollution | Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2024): NYSG strives to preserve and restore the health of coastal and aquatic ecosystems through innovative research and collaboration for the benefit of present and future generations.
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| 02/13/2024 |
On YouTube: MyCoast NY — 2024 Program Updates and Open Forum | Coastal Processes & Hazards - News: The MyCoast New York portal is used to collect and analyze photos of flooding, changing shorelines, and hazardous weather impacts across New York’s various water bodies.
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| 08/17/2023 |
Exploring Undersea Habitats, and Conserving Them | Research – News: NYSG-funded researchers from SBU SoMAS used mathematical models to explore and understand undersea habitats, with the aim of conserving them.
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| 05/16/2023 |
National Wildlife Federation’s Resilient Schools Consortium Program Presented with FEMA Award | Jamaica Bay / NYC - Press Release: The RiSC program received the award from Federal Emergency Management Agency for its “outstanding efforts to increase risk awareness [and] to help advance equity and inclusion.”
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| 04/28/2023 |
NY Sea Grant Awarded $5.2+M in Federal Funding to Address Marine Debris | Marine Debris - Press Release: Funding, part of a larger $27M funding effort by NOAA (Sea Grant’s parent organization), supports four projects focusing on ways to reduce plastic and other types of pollution in NYS’s coastal and river waterways.
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| 04/27/2023 |
In Media: Canarsie Street Team Marks Earth Day with Community Cleanup | Jamaica Bay / NYC - News: The afternoon event, for which NYSG provided support, included activities such as storm drain stenciling and rain gardening as a means to build stewardship of catch basins to help prevent flooding and also prevent trash from ending up in Jamaica Bay.
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| 04/27/2023 |
In Media: New SG Funding to Shore Up More Statewide Community Engagement in Coastal Resilience | Climate - News: A handful of NYSG projects — Community Flood Watch in NYC, MyCoast NY, and efforts related to natural and nature-based shorelines — will be bolstered and expanded thanks to support from a $8.1 million national investment to strengthen resilient coastal communities.
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| 04/27/2023 |
On Air: Keeping Track of Coastal Flooding Data? There's an App For That | Climate - News: A handful of NYSG projects — Community Flood Watch in NYC, MyCoast NY, and efforts related to natural and nature-based shorelines — will be bolstered and expanded thanks to $8.1 million to strengthen resilient coastal communities.
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| 04/27/2023 |
In Media: Community Engagement a Focus of Sea Grant’s New Statewide Coastal Resilience Funding | Climate - News: A handful of NYSG projects — Community Flood Watch in NYC, MyCoast NY, and efforts related to natural and nature-based shorelines — will be bolstered and expanded thanks to support from a $8.1 million national investment to strengthen resilient coastal communities.
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| 04/27/2023 |
In Media: Community Engagement a Focus of Sea Grant’s Coastal Resilience Funding | Climate - News: A handful of NYSG projects — Community Flood Watch in NYC, MyCoast NY, and efforts related to natural and nature-based shorelines — will be bolstered and expanded thanks to support from a $8.1 million national investment to strengthen resilient coastal communities.
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| 04/23/2023 |
In Media: A Real-Time Flood Tracker is Expanding to Help New Yorkers During Major Storms | Jamaica Bay / NYC - News: FloodNet, a collaborative project that includes support from New York Sea Grant, makes information about potentially dangerous flooding and frequent nuisance flooding easily accessible to the people that need it.
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| 04/22/2023 |
In Photos: NYC's Youth Volunteers Help Sea Grant and Its Partners Celebrate #EarthMonth2023 | Jamaica Bay / NYC - News: The afternoon event, for which NYSG provided support, included activities such as storm drain stenciling and rain gardening as a means to build stewardship of catch basins to help prevent flooding and also prevent trash from ending up in Jamaica Bay.
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| 03/24/2023 |
Adapted Curriculum Helps Students in NYC Explore Sea Level Rise Past and Future | Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2023): NYSG provided scientific expertise to update and enhance a climate-focused curriculum to help NYC area students envision and plan for climate resilience.
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| 03/24/2023 |
MyCoast New York: Engaging Communities to Document Floods & Storm Damage | Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2023): NYSG is piloting a statewide community science tool that engages New Yorkers in documenting and sharing their experiences with floods, storm damage, and coastal changes through photos.
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| 03/20/2023 |
New Sea Grant Funding to Shore Up More Statewide Community Engagement in Coastal Resilience | Climate - News: A handful of NYSG projects — Community Flood Watch in NYC, MyCoast NY, and efforts related to natural and nature-based shorelines — will be bolstered and expanded thanks to support from a $8.1 million national investment to strengthen resilient coastal communities.
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| 03/14/2023 |
Envisioning Community Flood Resilience | Jamaica Bay / NYC - News: A team of researchers published a journal article on the concept of resilience and how to define the term in a way that it can be measured, assessed and promoted in design and policy.
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| 03/14/2023 |
On YouTube: New York Sea Grant Brings Strategies to COP27 Climate Summit | Climate - News: — By Chris Gonzales, Freelance Science Writer, New York Sea Grant
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| 03/09/2023 |
On YouTube: MyCoast NY — With Images, Community Science Tackles Flooding in New York | Coastal Processes & Hazards - News: Download This: MyCoast NY is an app that can provide you with a way to locally document increasing flood risk and uncertainty
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| 12/09/2022 |
On YouTube: City Island's Concerns Over Rising Sea Levels | Jamaica Bay / NYC - News: Explored in this episode of CUNY TV's "DiverseCITY" — What are the concerns over rising sea levels and how it may affect the coastal community?
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| 12/09/2022 |
On YouTube: Climate Change Impacts on NYC's City Island | Jamaica Bay / NYC - News: Examined in this episode of BronxTalk are two issues on City Island, a neighborhood in northeastern Bronx in New York City. Those issues are (1) whether there should be a City Island ferry stop and (2) how to protect the historic island’s shorelines from the ongoing effects of climate change.
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| 08/15/2022 |
Long Island Sound: Outreach Coordinator for NYC and Westchester County | Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2022): New York City and Westchester County communities are now assisted by New York Sea Grant’s new Long Island Sound Study Outreach Coordinator.
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| 08/14/2022 |
Citizen Scientists in New York City Apply Technology to Track Coastal Flooding | Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2022): Flood sensors are providing accurate and precise information about coastal flooding to support resilience building across all five boroughs of New York City.
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| 05/30/2022 |
New York Coastlines, Spring 2022 | Publications - Articles: Check out stories from the Spring 2022 issue of our flagship publication, NY Coastlines, and be sure you're on our e-list to receive our next issue, which is slated for release this Fall, likely in mid-late November, to our e-subscribers. We'll send you issues weeks before they're online.
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| 05/30/2022 |
In Media: As Flooding Becomes the Norm, City Island Residents Take Reins on Resiliency | Jamaica Bay / NYC - News: Nine years after Superstorm Sandy flooded homes and tore the neon lobster from the town’s iconic Lobster House, residents see lack of city intervention as an opportunity. One of the several opportunities highlighted includes the Community Flood Watch project, a partnership with NYSG.
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| 05/30/2022 |
On YouTube: Fighting the Tide | Jamaica Bay / NYC - News: A multidisciplinary team of researchers—powered in large part by citizen scientists—joins city agencies and other prominent climate organizations on the front lines of urban coastal resilience planning.
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| 05/19/2022 |
Sea Grant Partners to Promote Upcoming Flushing, NY Climate Meeting | Long Island Sound Study - Press Advisory: Just ahead of 2022's storm season, Flushing, NY community gathers for Climate Meeting hosted by Sea Grant, Columbia University, and NYC Emergency Management
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| 05/05/2022 |
Living with Water: Social and Emotional Impacts of Tidal Flooding | Jamaica Bay / NYC - News: A team of researchers has published a paper about the social and emotional impacts of sunny day flooding. Their goal is to better engage local knowledge into adaptation planning.
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| 03/10/2022 |
New York Stewards Trained to Work on Local Climate Change Projects | Climate - News: The objective of Cornell's Climate Stewards program is to provide research-based, hands-on training to community members who are motivated to work on climate change at the local level.
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| 12/23/2021 |
NYC Community Flood Watch | Story Maps: In New York City, residents and scientists are working together to understand risk, capture flooding impacts, and brainstorm solutions.
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| 12/23/2021 |
NYSG Coastal Resilience Law Fellows Program | Story Maps: Check out NYSG's coastal resilience efforts documented for its Law Fellows Program via StoryMaps, immersive products that combine text, interactive maps, and other multimedia content.
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| 07/31/2021 |
In Media: Sea Grant, Partners Connect with NYC Residents via Flood Watch | Jamaica Bay / NYC - News: he Community Flood Watch Project began as a way to gather and share standardized information about street-level flooding in New York City.
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| 05/08/2021 |
New York Coastlines, Spring 2021 | Publications - Articles: Check out stories from the Spring 2021 issue of our flagship publication, NY Coastlines, and be sure you're on our e-list to receive our next issue, which is slated for release over the summer to our e-subscribers. We'll send you issues weeks before they're online.
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| 04/23/2021 |
Mayor de Blasio Announces State of Climate Knowledge 2021 Report | NYC - Press Release: First annual report outlines City’s climate research agenda; Will guide future partnerships with academic researchers; NYSG among those commenting.
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| 04/18/2021 |
In Media: Neighbors Join Effort to Document Flooding | Jamaica Bay / NYC - News: Over the past decade, residents in neighborhoods surrounding Jamaica Bay have been increasingly encroached on by flooding during high tide on streets that used to stay dry, according to the Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay. Enter the Community Flood Watch Project.
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| 04/18/2021 |
In Media: NYC Experts, Voters Address Environmental Threats | Jamaica Bay / NYC - News: Katie Graziano, coastal resilience specialist at New York Sea Grant, said rising sea levels and high tide flooding – the regular flooding that comes with a new or full moon – are constant, serious threats.
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| 04/18/2021 |
In Media: Report Shows Social Impacts of New York City’s “Sunny Day” Flooding | NY Coastlines - News: Highlights from the Winter 2021 issue of the NY Coastlines e-newsletter, New York Sea Grant's flagship publication
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| 01/27/2021 |
Coastal “Sunny Day” Flooding As Seen Through the Eyes of New York City Residents | Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2021): Flood Watch program shows that there is no substitute for first-hand stories and on-the-ground experiences for understanding the impacts of coastal flooding
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| 01/23/2021 |
New York Coastlines, Winter 2021 | Publications - Articles: Check out stories from the Winter 2021 issue of our flagship publication, NY Coastlines, and be sure you're on our e-list to receive our next issue, which is slated for release in May to our e-subscribers. We'll send you issues weeks before they're online.
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| 12/25/2020 |
In Media: The Growing Risk of High Tide Flooding to NYC Communities | Jamaica Bay / NYC - News: Through a network of volunteers, NYSG and SRIJB's Community Flood Watch Project is documenting and reporting flooding in coastal communities.
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| 12/24/2020 |
In Media: Green v. Gray - Monitoring Different Shoreline Features Along New York’s Coasts | Jamaica Bay / NYC - News: Partners and a range of stakeholders have developed and piloted a draft statewide monitoring framework to assess the potential of nature-based features to help coastal communities in the face of rising sea levels.
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| 12/24/2020 |
In Media: Sea Grant's Flood Watch Engages Residents as Citizen Scientists | Jamaica Bay / NYC - News: NYSG's Coastal Resilience Specialist Katie Graziano works with NYC Mayor's Office of Resilience, Science & Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay. Listen to more in an episode of Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE)'s "Extension Out Loud" podcast.
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| 12/23/2020 |
An Urban Estuary Ready for an Oyster Comeback | Hudson River Estuary / Research - News: Cornell University researchers investigated an extensive surviving population of eastern oysters recently found in the Hudson/Raritan Estuary. New York City's coastal waters once were the center of a booming oyster fishery, but now we have almost none.
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| 12/20/2020 |
In Photos: Even on Sunny (and Wintery) Days, Floods in NYC Cause Distress | Jamaica Bay / NYC - News: NYC’s coastal communities are facing more frequent weather disruptions such as floods, which, according to a new research brief on “Flood Watch Social Impacts,” is a hazard that will continue to increase in its severity due to sea level rise.
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| 11/10/2020 |
New York Coastlines, Fall 2020 | Publications - Articles / Web Extras: Check out stories from the Fall 2020 issue of our flagship publication, NY Coastlines, and be sure you're on our e-list to receive our next issue, which is currently being release in February 2021 to our e-subscribers. We'll send you issues weeks before they're online.
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| 10/27/2020 |
On Air: Community Flood Watch Project Engages Residents in Reporting and Mitigation | Jamaica Bay / NYC - News: This October 2020 episode explores a NYSG-led community science project aimed at mitigating the impacts of flooding in Jamaica Bay, NY.
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| 10/23/2020 |
New York Sea Grant Welcomes Katie Graziano as Jamaica Bay Coastal Resilience Specialist | Jamaica Bay / NYC - Press Release: “Flood Watch” Project, an community science-driven initiative in collaboration with NYC Mayor’s Office of Resilience, is a focus in Oct. 27th Cornell “Extension Out Loud” Podcast
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