A Fresh Way to Look at How Ecosystems Might Suddenly Shift
Education - News
May 28, 2025
May 31, 2025
Sarah Weisberg, a 2022 NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship recipient, completed her work in 2024. Here, we examine a new theoretical approach that she and other scientists have been working on to explain how ecosystems might respond to climate change.
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The Effort to Ensure Climate-Ready Fisheries
Education - News
May 28, 2025
May 31, 2025
Sarah Weisberg, a 2022 NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship recipient, completed her work in 2024. Here, we examine efforts that she, along with a group of scientists, have been working on to make sure managers in charge of the nation’s fisheries incorporate climate data into fisheries decisions.
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Publications: Success Stories
Extension - 2025
May 26, 2025
May 31, 2025
Included in this annual review are over 40 summaries of select work conducted by our program's extension specialists and funded researchers to develop and provide stakeholder-driven, science-based information, tools, and other resources that support local communities, businesses, and individuals.
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NYSG Welcomes Climate Stewards Outreach Coordinator in Ithaca
Coastal Climate - News
May 25, 2025
May 31, 2025
Michael Brown is NYSG's Coordinator for the Cornell Climate Stewards Program, a 12-week program that teaches New York State volunteers about climate change, adaptation, and mitigation.
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$2.15M for Sea Grant Research on NY’s Coastal Environment, Economies and Communities
Research - Press Release
Jan 12, 2025
May 31, 2025
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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New York Sea Grant Research: 2024-26 Projects
Research - News
Sep 01, 2024
May 31, 2025
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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Blue Carbon
Coastal Climate - News
Aug 22, 2024
May 31, 2025
Blue carbon removes carbon from the cycle and can mitigate climate change.
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Climate Stewards
Coastal Climate - News
Aug 22, 2024
May 31, 2025
The Cornell Climate Stewards is a 12-week program that teaches New York State volunteers about climate change, adaptation, and mitigation.
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Offshore Wind
Coastal Climate - News
Aug 22, 2024
May 31, 2025
The history of and resources for Offshore Wind in New York State, which was first procured in New York State with South Fork Wind Farm.
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Aug 22, 2024
May 31, 2025
Coastal Climate - Home
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MyCoast NY: Engaging Communities to Document Floods and Storm Damage
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2024)
Aug 12, 2024
May 31, 2025
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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On YouTube: MyCoast NY — 2024 Program Updates and Open Forum
Coastal Processes & Hazards - News
Feb 13, 2024
May 31, 2025
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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Sea Grass Meadows Could Help All Living Things in an Acidic Ocean
Research – News
Aug 20, 2023
May 31, 2025
A SBU-led team assessed the ability of seagrass to draw down carbon dioxide from the aquatic environment. This could reduce the effects of ocean acidification, which would be a benefit to shellfish.
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People on the Move in a Changing Climate (PEMOCC)
Climate - News
May 11, 2023
May 31, 2025
New York Sea Grant is part of two multi-Sea Grant projects — one in the Mid-Atlantic and another in the Great Lakes region — that provide a science-based infrastructure for studying climate-driven population shifts.
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In Media: New SG Funding to Shore Up More Statewide Community Engagement in Coastal Resilience
Climate - News
Apr 27, 2023
May 31, 2025
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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On Air: Keeping Track of Coastal Flooding Data? There's an App For That
Climate - News
Apr 27, 2023
May 31, 2025
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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In Media: Community Engagement a Focus of Sea Grant’s New Statewide Coastal Resilience Funding
Climate - News
Apr 27, 2023
May 31, 2025
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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In Media: Community Engagement a Focus of Sea Grant’s Coastal Resilience Funding
Climate - News
Apr 27, 2023
May 31, 2025
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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On Air: Peconic Bay Scallop Die-Offs Are “A Cautionary Tale” for New England
Research - News
Apr 23, 2023
May 31, 2025
Once one of the largest fisheries on the East Coast, Peconic Bay scallops have faced near complete die-offs on Long Island since 2019. A study by Stony Brook University shows this could be a cautionary tale for New England.
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New York Sea Grant Research: 2023 Results and Impacts
Research - News
Mar 30, 2023
May 31, 2025
For more than five decades, New York Sea Grant (NYSG) has been supporting university-based research related to a variety of marine, Hudson estuary, and Great Lakes topics and issues.
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Adapted Curriculum Helps Students in NYC Explore Sea Level Rise Past and Future
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2023)
Mar 24, 2023
May 31, 2025
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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MyCoast New York: Engaging Communities to Document Floods & Storm Damage
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2023)
Mar 24, 2023
May 31, 2025
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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Training Extension Educators to Develop Climate Stewards to Establish Local Climate Programming
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2023)
Mar 23, 2023
May 31, 2025
NYSG’s Climate Stewards program is providing science-based training to equip volunteers to organize climate mitigation and resilience projects in New York,
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NYSG's Public Participation Guide Helps Communities Engage in the Offshore Wind Development Process
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2023)
Mar 23, 2023
May 31, 2025
NYSG’s public participation guide helps reduce barriers to public participation in the offshore wind energy development process.
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Assessing Climate-Driven Migration in the Great Lakes
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2023)
Mar 23, 2023
May 31, 2025
NYSG is part of a national research collaboration consortium focused on climate-induced human migration.
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New Sea Grant Funding to Shore Up More Statewide Community Engagement in Coastal Resilience
Climate - News
Mar 20, 2023
May 31, 2025
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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Envisioning Community Flood Resilience
Jamaica Bay / NYC - News
Mar 14, 2023
May 31, 2025
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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On YouTube: New York Sea Grant Brings Strategies to COP27 Climate Summit
Climate - News
Mar 14, 2023
May 31, 2025
— By Chris Gonzales, Freelance Science Writer, New York Sea Grant
Contact:
Kathy Bunting-Howarth, NYSG's Associate Director, E: keb264@cornell.edu, P: 607-255-2832
Ithaca, NY, January 13, 2023 - The negative effects of climate change appear all too often in the news media: Across the globe, we’re seeing rising temperatures, rising sea levels, and an increase of disruptive and dangerous storms and wildfires. Damage to buildings, roads, and bridges—and displacemen...
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On YouTube: MyCoast NY — With Images, Community Science Tackles Flooding in New York
Coastal Processes & Hazards - News
Mar 09, 2023
May 31, 2025
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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On YouTube: Will Climate Change Have an Effect on Human Migration in New York?
Climate - News
Dec 09, 2022
May 31, 2025
“Where are people likely to be leaving because of things like sea level rise and where might the county be that people want to potentially inhabit?” asked Katherine Bunting-Howarth, associate director of the New York Sea Grant. “Some of those areas have been identified as being in the Great Lakes.”
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The Great Lakes and Climate-Induced Human Migration
Climate - News
Sep 20, 2022
May 31, 2025
The eight-page document prompts consideration of how such factors as rising temperatures and precipitation, extreme weather events, sea level rise, and flooding that influence human migration, displacement, and planned relocation may impact the Great Lakes region of the U.S.
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Renewable Energy, Climate Impact & Blue Economy: New Coastal Climate Specialist
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2022)
Aug 14, 2022
May 31, 2025
New York Sea Grant’s new Coastal Climate Specialist will engage stakeholders with extension programming focused on renewable energy, local climate change impacts, and NY’s blue economy.
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Cornell Climate Stewards Program: Building Capacity for Local Action by New York Communities
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2022)
Aug 14, 2022
May 31, 2025
New York Sea Grant expertise is helping to increase the climate action capacity of communities across New York State through a new Climate Stewards training program.
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Assessing Climate-Driven Migration in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic U.S.
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2022)
Aug 11, 2022
May 31, 2025
A Sea Grant-led effort is identifying the research needed to address climate-induced human migration in the Northeast, Great Lakes, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S.
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New York Sea Grant Research: 2022 Ongoing Projects
Research - News
Aug 09, 2022
May 31, 2025
Summaries for ongoing investigations that address a variety of concerns within a few key topics, including: harmful algal blooms, microplastics, marine fisheries, aquaculture and coastal resiliency for communities on Long Island and around NY's Great Lakes.
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New York Coastlines, Spring 2022
Publications - Articles
May 30, 2022
May 31, 2025
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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Offshore Renewable Energy
Offshore Renewable Energy - Home
May 18, 2022
May 31, 2025
Offshore Renewable Energy: Home
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Northeast Ocean Renewable Energy — Sea Grant, DOE, NOAA Fisheries Fund Six New Projects
Ocean Renewable Energy: Regional (Northeast) - Press Release
May 18, 2022
May 31, 2025
The half dozen projects selected are led by principal investigators in three northeast U.S. states — Maine, New York and Rhode Island.
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Northeast Ocean Renewable Energy — Six New Projects Announced
Offshore Ocean Energy: Regional (Northeast) - News
May 16, 2022
May 31, 2025
In NYSG's project, led by a PI from Cornell University, the development of a tool is proposed that would empower stakeholders to make more informed decisions that could substantially increase economic efficiencies in the long term, thereby increasing economic resiliency.
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NYSG Staff Named to New York State’s Climate Impacts Assessment Team
Climate - News
May 09, 2022
May 31, 2025
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has appointed two from NYSG to the State’s Climate Impacts Assessments technical working group teams, who along with other members, will ultimately suggest science-based strategies to prepare for and adapt to climate change.
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New Coastal Climate Specialist Focuses on Renewable Energy, Blue Economy
Climate - Press Release
Apr 05, 2022
May 31, 2025
In addition to offshore energy work, NYSG's new Coastal Climate Specialist will extend cutting-edge research related to climate-change mitigation, which ultimately will help with local resilience and ocean literacy.
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New York Stewards Trained to Work on Local Climate Change Projects
Climate - News
Mar 10, 2022
May 31, 2025
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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People on the Move in a Changing Climate Great Lakes Workshop — June 2022
Climate - News
Mar 03, 2022
May 31, 2025
During this virtual workshop, experts and stakeholders will discuss the identification of the scientific infrastructure that is required to conduct place-based, use-inspired collaborative research on climate-induced human mobility, and regionally tailored educational and engagement strategies.
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$1.4 Million Awarded for Sea Grant Research on NY’s Coastal Environment, Economies and Communities
Research - Press Release
Feb 01, 2022
May 31, 2025
"These projects will make valuable contributions to the now 50-year legacy of NYSG-supported, science-based knowledge of benefit to New York State’s coastal communities."
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NYSG a Partner on LI Explorium's NOAA-Funded Citizen Science, Civics, Resilient Communities Grant
Coastal Processes & Hazards - Press Release
Aug 07, 2021
May 31, 2025
"This campaign will contribute to our currently funded two-year grant related to monitoring shoreline flooding," says NYSG Coastal Processes and Hazards Specialist Kathleen Fallon.
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Mayor de Blasio Announces State of Climate Knowledge 2021 Report
NYC - Press Release
Apr 23, 2021
May 31, 2025
First annual report outlines City’s climate research agenda; Will guide future partnerships with academic researchers; NYSG among those commenting.
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On YouTube: Doctoral Student Working to Restore Shellfish Population
Research - News
Apr 18, 2021
May 31, 2025
Stephen Tomasetti, a Sea Grant-supported student on two New York Sea Grant-funded projects, discusses what has happened to the Long Island oyster population and what is being done to bring the population back
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On YouTube: Kelp Could be Silver Bullet in Fighting Climate Change in Our Oceans
Research - News
Apr 18, 2021
May 31, 2025
Stony Brook University researchers discuss why kelp is such an important asset in the fight against climate change.
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2021 Northeast Sea Grant Ocean Energy Research RFP
Ocean Renewable Energy: Regional (Northeast) - Press Release
Mar 29, 2021
May 31, 2025
Approximately $1M available to support projects to improve understanding of the effects of ocean renewable energy development on coastal communities, including the fishing industry. Pre-proposals due May 14; Full proposals due July 16th, by 5 pm on both dates.
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NYSG & LISS Host Teacher Webinar Showcasing New Module on Climate Change Impact on Coastal Marshes
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2021)
Jan 27, 2021
May 31, 2025
New York Sea Grant adapted to the virtual environment to provide research-based educational resources on climate change
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