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Rust tide appears in Peconic waters once again
BILL PORTLOCK COURTESY PHOTO | Rust tide in the Peconic estuary last year. The harmful algal bloom known as rust tide has once again been detected in Peconic Bay waters — marking the 10th consecutive...
View ArticleSBU marine biologist launches water quality information initiative
About 100 people attended Dr. Christopher Gobler’s announcement event Friday in Southampton. (Credit: Will James) Christopher Gobler on Friday summed up the state of Long Island’s bays in two words:...
View ArticleHundreds of dead fish now washing up in Southold Town
Bunker fish on Nassau Point Sunday morning. (Credit: Grant Parpan) Bunker fish lined the bay shores of Southold Town Sunday morning, days after the latest massive fish kill reports in Riverhead and...
View ArticleAnother month, another fish kill in the Peconic River
Dead fish washed ashore at the Riverhead Yacht Club. (Courtesy photo) Word of thousands of dead fish washing up on local shores might seem like old news at this point, but another drop in oxygen levels...
View ArticleIn Peconic Estuary, rising temperatures appear responsible for several issues
Over the past month, the Peconic Estuary has been hit with one environmental blow after another, a Stony Brook biologist and marine researcher said, thanks in part to rising temperatures in East End...
View ArticleStony Brook scientist: Algae blooms, dead zones are ‘new normal’ in East End...
Conditions causing low oxygen and harmful algae blooms in Long Island waters — including on the East End — have become a “new normal,” according to this year’s water quality report from Stony Brook...
View ArticleStony Brook scientist: Nitrogen loading remains ongoing threat in Long Island...
Stony Brook University scientist Christopher Gobler emphasized again at his annual State of the Bays lecture last Wednesday that excessive nitrogen loading from wastewater is an ongoing threat for...
View ArticleResearchers say shellfish, kelp could be key to combat ocean acidification
Researchers at Stony Brook University have discovered a way to combat ocean acidification with a culture of shellfish and kelp, potentially benefiting local marine ecosystems, shellfish farmers and...
View ArticleReport shows North Fork mostly escaped fish kills this past summer
The North Fork for the most part escaped the fish kills that plagued the western portion of Long Island Sound, said Stony Brook scientist Christopher Gobler. In his 2022 assessment of water quality...
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