Anomalously high precipitation from atmospheric rivers led to elevated river discharge, low ocean salinity, and increased stratification Freshwater discharge was rapidly transported hundreds of k...

Anomalously high precipitation from atmospheric rivers led to elevated river discharge, low ocean salinity, and increased stratification Freshwater discharge was rapidly transported hundreds of k...

The nutrients are vital for plankton, the base of the food chain that sustains the state's fisheries

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has initiated descoping of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Major Facility. This plan includes the removal of all in-water infrastructure from the Ir...

Six cross-disciplinary projects to advance fundamental understanding of how neural systems adapt to today’s rapid environmental changes have won awards in the second year of Scialog: Neurobiology and ...

The science made possible by satellites.

Co-editors Mara Freilich, Irmak Turan, Jessica Varner, and Lizzie Yarina reflect on Climate Changed and the different disciplines represented in the book.

A document by Lilian Dove. Click on the document to view its contents.

Communications Earth & Environment - A patchy distribution of biogeochemical properties in the ocean interior arises from the combined influence of biological and physical processes.

Abstract. Parties to the 2015 Paris Agreement agreed to limit the long-term increase in global average temperature to well below 2 °C and pursue efforts to keep temperatures below 1.5 °C relative to p...

Equitable Climate Futures is an initiative that will build Brown’s capacity for climate research, with a strong focus on under-resourced and historically marginalized groups.

In memoriam: Kristina Gjerde, IUCN High Seas Adviser, Mother of the High Seas' and Defender of the deep ocean The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) mourns the passing of Kristina M...

A nonlinear stability analysis entirely in the Lagrangian frame is conducted, revealing the fundamental role of the wave-induced mean flow in modifying further wave growth and providing new insight in...

Members of the 2025-2026 Voss Undergraduate Fellowship cohort have shared their research with local audiences through the Conversations in Science series at Providence’s Hamilton House.

Brown’s team in the SIMCoast initiative will focus on modeling microplastics in the Narragansett Bay. 

IBES awarded grants to six core and affiliate faculty members, allowing them to conduct research that crosses boundaries and benefits communities, both at Brown and around the world.

Scientists conducting a first-of-its-kind drilling operation have extracted samples of fresh water hiding in massive reservoirs deep under the ocean.