Engaging Communities to Document Floods and Storm Damage With MyCoast NY
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2025)
Jun 20, 2025
Jun 22, 2025
NYSG coordinates a statewide community science program enabling the public to document and share their experiences with floods, storm damage, and coastal change through photos.
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Three NYSG Extension Specialists Honored for Superior Programming
Awards - News
Jun 12, 2025
Jun 15, 2025
Michael Ciaramella, NYSG’s Seafood Specialist, and Jessica A. Kuonen, NYSG's Hudson Estuary Resilience Specialist each received an award at 2024's Mid-Atlantic Sea Grant regional conference and the New York State Marine Education Association bestowed the Bob Abrams Meritorious Award upon Jimena Perez-Viscasillas.
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Publications: Success Stories
Extension - 2025
May 26, 2025
Jun 23, 2025
Included in this annual review are over 40 summaries of select work conducted by our program's extension specialists and funded researchers to develop and provide stakeholder-driven, science-based information, tools, and other resources that support local communities, businesses, and individuals.
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Hudson Dynamic Shorelines
Coastal Processes & Hazards - News
Apr 10, 2025
May 31, 2025
These online resources examines the coastal processes and hazards of the Hudson Valley and provides options for sustainable and resilient shoreline management.
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Dynamic Shorelines - Long Island
Coastal Processes & Hazards - News
Apr 10, 2025
May 31, 2025
These online resources examines the coastal processes and hazards of Long Island and provides options for sustainable and resilient shoreline management.
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On YouTube: Predicting and Preparing for Extreme Precipitation
Hudson River Estuary - News
Apr 10, 2025
Jun 16, 2025
This webinar is about extreme rain, how it is changing, and features a case study about a tool that was developed for the Delaware River Basin Commission (DBRC) that allows managers to incorporate rainfall projections into decision making.
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On YouTube: Helping Communities Assess Risk and Design for the Future
Hudson River Estuary - News
Apr 10, 2025
Jun 16, 2025
In this webinar — "Translating Rainfall Intensity and Duration to Streamflow: Helping Communities Assess Risk and Design for the Future" — the presenters provide an overview of overview flood risk terminology (e.g. recurrence intervals) and how to determine streamflow and rainfall for a given location.
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$2.15M for Sea Grant Research on NY’s Coastal Environment, Economies and Communities
Research - Press Release
Jan 12, 2025
Jun 16, 2025
NYSG has awarded approximately $2.15 million to support 10 research projects, the results of which will directly address multiple high priority community, economic, and environmental objectives.
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New York Sea Grant Research: 2024-26 Projects
Research - News
Sep 01, 2024
May 31, 2025
NYSG has awarded approximately $2.15 million to support 10 research projects, the results of which will directly address multiple high priority community, economic, and environmental objectives.
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On YouTube: Hudson River Community Microplastic Remediation Pilot and Sampling Program
Marine Debris - News
Aug 19, 2024
May 31, 2025
In a New York Sea Grant-funded project, researchers from PolyGone aim to pioneer efforts to advance and pilot new aquatic filtration technology designed to monitor and sequester aquatic microplastics from riverine environments.
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MyCoast NY: Engaging Communities to Document Floods and Storm Damage
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2024)
Aug 12, 2024
Jun 16, 2025
New York Sea Grant is coordinating a statewide community science program for the public to document and share their experiences with floods, storm damage, and coastal change through photos.
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Bridging Research to Action to Reduce Plastic Pollution
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2024)
Aug 10, 2024
Jun 16, 2025
NYSG strives to preserve and restore the health of coastal and aquatic ecosystems through innovative research and collaboration for the benefit of present and future generations.
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On YouTube: MyCoast NY — 2024 Program Updates and Open Forum
Coastal Processes & Hazards - News
Feb 13, 2024
May 31, 2025
The MyCoast New York portal is used to collect and analyze photos of flooding, changing shorelines, and hazardous weather impacts across New York’s various water bodies.
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On Air: New York Sea Grant to Look at Ways to Reduce Pollution in Waterways
Marine Debris - News
May 17, 2023
May 31, 2025
Funding, part of a larger $27M funding effort by NOAA (Sea Grant’s parent organization), supports four projects focusing on ways to reduce plastic and other types of pollution in NYS’s coastal and river waterways.
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In Media: $5.2+M Awarded to NY Sea Grant to Address Marine Debris
Marine Debris - News
May 12, 2023
May 31, 2025
Funding, part of a larger $27M funding effort by NOAA (Sea Grant’s parent organization), supports four projects focusing on ways to reduce plastic and other types of pollution in NYS’s coastal and river waterways.
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NY Sea Grant Awarded $5.2+M in Federal Funding to Address Marine Debris
Marine Debris - Press Release
Apr 28, 2023
May 31, 2025
Funding, part of a larger $27M funding effort by NOAA (Sea Grant’s parent organization), supports four projects focusing on ways to reduce plastic and other types of pollution in NYS’s coastal and river waterways.
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In Media: New SG Funding to Shore Up More Statewide Community Engagement in Coastal Resilience
Climate - News
Apr 27, 2023
May 31, 2025
A handful of NYSG projects — Community Flood Watch in NYC, MyCoast NY, and efforts related to natural and nature-based shorelines — will be bolstered and expanded thanks to support from a $8.1 million national investment to strengthen resilient coastal communities.
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On Air: Keeping Track of Coastal Flooding Data? There's an App For That
Climate - News
Apr 27, 2023
May 31, 2025
A handful of NYSG projects — Community Flood Watch in NYC, MyCoast NY, and efforts related to natural and nature-based shorelines — will be bolstered and expanded thanks to $8.1 million to strengthen resilient coastal communities.
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In Media: Community Engagement a Focus of Sea Grant’s New Statewide Coastal Resilience Funding
Climate - News
Apr 27, 2023
May 31, 2025
A handful of NYSG projects — Community Flood Watch in NYC, MyCoast NY, and efforts related to natural and nature-based shorelines — will be bolstered and expanded thanks to support from a $8.1 million national investment to strengthen resilient coastal communities.
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In Media: Community Engagement a Focus of Sea Grant’s Coastal Resilience Funding
Climate - News
Apr 27, 2023
May 31, 2025
A handful of NYSG projects — Community Flood Watch in NYC, MyCoast NY, and efforts related to natural and nature-based shorelines — will be bolstered and expanded thanks to support from a $8.1 million national investment to strengthen resilient coastal communities.
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In Photos: NYC's Youth Volunteers Help Sea Grant and Its Partners Celebrate #EarthMonth2023
Jamaica Bay / NYC - News
Apr 22, 2023
May 31, 2025
The afternoon event, for which NYSG provided support, included activities such as storm drain stenciling and rain gardening as a means to build stewardship of catch basins to help prevent flooding and also prevent trash from ending up in Jamaica Bay.
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MyCoast New York: Engaging Communities to Document Floods & Storm Damage
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2023)
Mar 24, 2023
May 31, 2025
NYSG is piloting a statewide community science tool that engages New Yorkers in documenting and sharing their experiences with floods, storm damage, and coastal changes through photos.
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New Sea Grant Funding to Shore Up More Statewide Community Engagement in Coastal Resilience
Climate - News
Mar 20, 2023
May 31, 2025
A handful of NYSG projects — Community Flood Watch in NYC, MyCoast NY, and efforts related to natural and nature-based shorelines — will be bolstered and expanded thanks to support from a $8.1 million national investment to strengthen resilient coastal communities.
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On YouTube: New York Sea Grant Brings Strategies to COP27 Climate Summit
Climate - News
Mar 14, 2023
May 31, 2025
— By Chris Gonzales, Freelance Science Writer, New York Sea Grant
Contact:
Kathy Bunting-Howarth, NYSG's Associate Director, E: keb264@cornell.edu, P: 607-255-2832
Ithaca, NY, January 13, 2023 - The negative effects of climate change appear all too often in the news media: Across the globe, we’re seeing rising temperatures, rising sea levels, and an increase of disruptive and dangerous storms and wildfires. Damage to buildings, roads, and bridges—and displacemen...
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On YouTube: MyCoast NY — With Images, Community Science Tackles Flooding in New York
Coastal Processes & Hazards - News
Mar 09, 2023
May 31, 2025
Download This: MyCoast NY is an app that can provide you with a way to locally document increasing flood risk and uncertainty
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NY’s Dynamic Shorelines: LI, Hudson — Telling the Stories of NY’s Dynamic Shorelines and Floodplains
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2022)
Aug 14, 2022
May 31, 2025
New York Sea Grant and FEMA developed ArcGIS story map collections as tools to provide techniques to increase flood and erosion resilience in NY’s Hudson and Long Island regions.
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Cornell Climate Stewards Program: Building Capacity for Local Action by New York Communities
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2022)
Aug 14, 2022
May 31, 2025
New York Sea Grant expertise is helping to increase the climate action capacity of communities across New York State through a new Climate Stewards training program.
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Dynamic Shorelines
Coastal Processes & Hazards - News
Dec 23, 2021
May 31, 2025
These online resources examines the coastal processes and hazards of Long Island and the Hudson Valley and provides options for sustainable and resilient shoreline management.
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New York Coastlines, Summer 2021
Publications - Articles
Aug 28, 2021
May 31, 2025
Check out stories from the Summer 2021 issue of our flagship publication, NY Coastlines, and be sure you're on our e-list to receive our next issue, which is slated for release in Spring '22 to our e-subscribers. We'll send you issues weeks before they're online.
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New York Sea Grant Research: 2020 Results and Impacts
Research - News
Jan 27, 2021
May 31, 2025
For nearly 50 years, New York Sea Grant has been supporting university-based research related to a variety of marine, Hudson estuary, and Great Lakes topics and issues.
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New York Coastlines, Winter 2021
Publications - Articles
Jan 23, 2021
May 31, 2025
Check out stories from the Winter 2021 issue of our flagship publication, NY Coastlines, and be sure you're on our e-list to receive our next issue, which is slated for release in May to our e-subscribers. We'll send you issues weeks before they're online.
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On Air: Coastal Resilience in the Hudson Valley
Hudson River Estuary - News
Jan 02, 2021
May 31, 2025
In this episode from season five of the series, NYSG's Hudson River Estuary Resilience Specialist joins in a discussion on how the Hudson Valley and its local communities are planning to enhance their resilience to climate-related coastal threats.
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An Urban Estuary Ready for an Oyster Comeback
Hudson River Estuary / Research - News
Dec 23, 2020
May 31, 2025
Cornell University researchers investigated an extensive surviving population of eastern oysters recently found in the Hudson/Raritan Estuary. New York City's coastal waters once were the center of a booming oyster fishery, but now we have almost none.
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In Photos: New Details About Fish Migration Could Help Their Conservation
Marine Fishery Resource Center / Research - News
Dec 17, 2020
May 31, 2025
Scientists from Stony Brook University and Cornell Cooperative Extension tag alewife to get a more nuanced picture of its spawning migration.
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In Media: $2.1 Million Awarded for Sea Grant Research on NY’s Coastal Environment
Research - News
Oct 16, 2020
May 31, 2025
NYSG has awarded more than $2.1 million to support six coastal science research projects —three of which are being led by Stony Brook University faculty — that explore topics relating to and benefiting New York’s coastal environment, communities and economies.
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On YouTube: RiSC Program Helps NYC Students Learn How to Build a Climate Resilient Future
NYC - News
Oct 03, 2020
May 31, 2025
“In a world where extreme weather events, hurricanes and wildfires are ravaging communities and disproportionately threatening already vulnerable populations, programs like RiSC are urgently needed.”
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NYSG's “Currents Clips” Wins 2020 Folio Award for ‘Best Social Media Public Awareness Campaign’
Currents Clips - News
Sep 22, 2020
May 31, 2025
Launched in mid-2019 as a limited series, this collection of one- to two-minute videos immerses NYSG's subscribers and followers into the program's coastal research, extension and education work.
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$2.1 Million Awarded for Sea Grant Research on NY’s Coastal Environment, Communities & Aquaculture
Research - Press Release
Sep 16, 2020
May 31, 2025
“This set of projects will contribute to the long-standing and growing body of NYSG-supported science-based knowledge available to coastal communities in New York State.”
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New York Sea Grant's Virtual Seminar Series
Research - News
Jun 11, 2020
May 31, 2025
This on-going series features NYSG–supported researchers and topics and activities of interest to the New York State coastal community and stakeholders that our program serves.
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Earth Day at 50: New York Sea Grant looks at the past, present, and future
Education - News
Apr 21, 2020
May 31, 2025
In celebration of 50 years of Earth Day, NYSG joins NOAA, its federal parent agency, to examine some of its education programs that are making a measurable difference for the environment.
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New York Coastlines, Spring 2020
Publications - Articles / Web Extras
Apr 07, 2020
May 31, 2025
Check out stories from the spring 2020 issue of our flagship publication, NY Coastlines, and be sure you're on our e-list to receive our latest issue, which was released in mid-July to our e-subscribers. Sign up and we'll send you issues weeks before it's online.
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NYSG, Cornell Climate Smart Solutions Program Develop Climate Stewards Volunteer Program
Hudson River Estuary - Press Release
Apr 02, 2020
May 31, 2025
Efforts are underway to develop the Climate Stewards curriculum with continued input from relevant stakeholders.
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On Air: NYSG's new Hudson Estuary Specialist Talks with CCE Podcasters
Hudson River Estuary - News
Mar 31, 2020
May 31, 2025
New York Sea Grant is helping to develop curriculum fro the Climate Stewards Volunteer program that teaches the basics of climate science
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New York Sea Grant Research: Results and Impacts
Research - News
Mar 15, 2020
May 31, 2025
For nearly 50 years, New York Sea Grant has been supporting university-based research related to a variety of marine, Hudson estuary, and Great Lakes topics and issues.
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New York Coastlines, Winter 2020
Publications - Articles / Web Extras
Feb 22, 2020
May 31, 2025
Check out stories from the winter 2020 issue of our flagship publication, NY Coastlines, and be sure you're on our e-list to receive our latest issue, which was released in early April to our e-subscribers. We'll send you the issue before it's online in mid-late April.
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In Media: RiSC - Students Become School Boiler-Room Sleuths to Assess Climate Change Risks
NYC - News
Feb 14, 2020
May 31, 2025
The Resilient Schools Consortium program provides an opportunity for students to not only learn about coastal resilience, but create projects and policy recommendations to directly address the challenges that lie ahead.
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NYSG Hires New Estuarine Resilience Specialist for the Hudson River
Hudson River Estuary - Press Release
Jan 25, 2020
May 31, 2025
Located in Kingston, New York, Kuonen provides extension outreach to coastal communities of the Hudson River Estuary.
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Students Present Resiliency Guidelines at Final Resilient Schools Consortium Summit
NYC - News
Nov 16, 2019
May 31, 2025
The Resilient Schools Consortium program provides an opportunity for students to not only learn about coastal resilience, but create projects and policy recommendations to directly address the challenges that lie ahead.
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RISE 2019: NYSG Climate and Resiliency Extension, Outreach and Education
Coastal Processes & Hazards - News
Nov 13, 2019
May 31, 2025
NYSG provides multiple platforms for climate and resilience extension, outreach and education along New York’s marine and Great Lakes coastlines.
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New York Coastlines, Early Summer 2019
Publications - Articles / Web Extras
Aug 02, 2019
May 31, 2025
Check out stories from the early summer issue of our flagship publication, NY Coastlines, and be sure you're on our e-list to receive our next issue, slated for release to our subscribers in November.
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