University of Rhode Island - Natural Resources Science Department

09/19/2019

We need to start thinking about rising water tables and septic systems, and it's not only about sea level rise. The latest paper from PhD student Alissa Cox in the latest issue of the Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment

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04/07/2018

https://web.uri.edu/celsnews/sand-whisperer/

Sand whisperer brings home another victory URI soil judging team at the National Collegiate Soil Judging Competition in Tennessee Left to right: Josh Dera, Jarred Cianciolo, Alfred Bailey, Albie Brandon, and Jon Ludovico getting their hands dirty identifying soil layers. Professor Mark Stolt trains....

02/26/2018

How does by affect in ? Check out our most recent paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10661-018-6550-5 …

Historically, much of the New England landscape was converted to pasture for grazing animals and harvesting hay. Both consumer demand for local sustainably produced food, and the number of small...

01/11/2018

What we did in 2017: Annual Report for the Laboratory of Soil Ecology & Microbiology

09/20/2017

If you see LSEM alumna Britt Lancellotti, congratulate her on the publication of the second peer-reviewed manuscript from her Master's thesis!

Advanced nitrogen (N)-removal onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTS) are installed in coastal areas throughout the USA to reduce N loading to groundwater and marine waters. However, final effluent

09/10/2017

LSEM grad students Bianca Ross, Sara Wigginton and Alissa Cox, and undergrads Alicia Boucher and Jon Ludovico presenting their research this weekend at the North East Graduate Student Water Conference at UMass-Amherst.

09/08/2017

The latest Envirobites blog post is by our own, PhD student Bianca Ross!

Residential wastewater serves as a major source of nitrogen to coastal watersheds. Increased nitrogen loads can harm coastal ecosystems, so advanced onsite wastewater treatment systems have been d…

08/04/2017

Envirobites article by PhD student Alissa Cox: https://envirobites.org/2017/08/04/generating-electricity-while-microbes-clean-wastewater-how-wastewater-treatment-plants-could-go-from-brown-to-green/

08/03/2017

George Loomis and doctoral students Alissa Cox & Bianca Ross describe our research on rise and advanced removal to members of the NE Agricultural and Biological Engineering Conference http://nabec.asabe.org/

07/21/2017

Just published in HortScience: Growing food with garbage: Effects of six waste amendments on soil and vegetable crops

Using organic wastes as agricultural amendments is a productive alternative to disposal in landfills, providing nutrients for plant growth and carbon to build soil organic matter. Despite these benefits, a large fraction of organic waste is sent to landfills. Obstacles to the adoption of wastes as s...

06/03/2017

NRS Graduate student Sara Wigginton interviewed on NPR's Freakanomics Radio on her Master's research on roadside vegetation management!
http://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-stupid-obsession-lawns/

Nearly two percent of America is grassy green. Sure, lawns are beautiful and useful and they smell great. But are the costs — financial, environmental and otherwise — worth the benefits?

05/09/2017

From the first annual undergraduate Dept. of Natural Resources Science award ceremony