The citizen science movement that is blossoming has its roots in the volunteer water quality monitoring networks which have functioned for decades.
The University of RI is hosting a Water Quality Hackathon bringing scientists and engineers together with students to “hack” water quality solutions.
Handheld water quality meters and dip nets aid a University of Rhode Island effort to study stream health while supporting undergraduate education.
A study by researchers from the University of Rhode Island and the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., has found that microbial populations in the remote Southern Ocean, specifically near McMurdo Station, are duking it out...