They found that chemosymbiosis evolved independently more than once within the same family. 🧪 🌊 🦑

➡️ The implications reach beyond deep-sea biology, toward understanding how reliably evolution responds to environmental pressure. Read more in The Royal Society Publishing: buff.ly/552lKQP

The discovery comes from sediment cores recovered during a major international expedition co-led by #URIGSO’s Becky Robinson. Researchers are now analyzing the cores in Germany to better understand the formation, evolution, and significance of this newly confirmed subseafloor freshwater system.

Depending on the hurricane, simulations show wave heights can drop 1–7 feet, and wave periods can shorten by 0.3–1.5 seconds—key numbers for understanding impacts on offshore and nearshore structures.

Waves are most strongly reduced on the front-right side of a storm, where winds, waves, and currents are all strongest. Currents moving in the same direction as waves make them travel faster, giving them less time to grow.

Rubin is part of the “Alchemists” subgroup, which recognizes explorers who embrace creativity and inspire new ways of seeing the world through bold, interdisciplinary approaches to discovery. 🌊 🦑 🌋 🧪

🎉 Join us in congratulating Kenna on this well-deserved honor! Read more: buff.ly/9Z3SEeG

➡️ Read more about the course: buff.ly/vvSFUmF

The results highlight the persistence of microplastic pollution and underscore the urgency of reducing plastic inputs to coastal systems. Read more in Environmental Science and Pollution Research: buff.ly/oZp0aTc 🌊

Using sediment cores from across the Bay and Rhode Island Sound, the team found that an estimated 2,300–3,000 tonnes of microplastics have accumulated in seabed sediments over the past century. 🌊 🦑

Central to the study was a passive sampling device designed by Snook during his doctoral research while a trainee in URI’s STEEP Superfund Program. The study provides regulators with the data needed to take action to remediate PFAS contamination at its source & protect freshwater systems, long-term.

Published in Environmental Science & Technology Water, the research shows that PFAS stored in pond sediments continue to migrate into the river decades after textile operations ceased, with one site potentially releasing contamination for more than 100 years without remediation.

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A bird lands to rest on the CTD cable of the NOAA ship Nancy Foster during the May 2025 NF2503 expedition off the coast of Louisiana and Alabama.

#CTDAppreciationDay 🌊 🚢