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Author: Nyla Husain

I'm a PhD student at the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography. I use a small-scale computer model to study how physical features like surface waves at the air-sea interface produce friction for the wind that can limit momentum, energy, gas, and heat exchange between the ocean and atmosphere. In the future, I hope to learn more about the role waves play in different parts of the world as weather and climate patterns evolve. Also, I love to write.
SURFO Special: Has COVID-19 Affected Plane Emissions?
Climate Change Human impacts Undergraduate Research

SURFO Special: Has COVID-19 Affected Plane Emissions?

Since March, COVID-19 has had a huge impact on how we live our day-to-day lives. But how has it changed…
October 3, 2020October 3, 2020 Nyla Husain
SURFO Special: The Power of a Swirl
Physical oceanography Undergraduate Research

SURFO Special: The Power of a Swirl

What makes the Mid Atlantic Bight off the U.S. East Coast so unique? SURFO student Madeline Mamer spent this past…
October 3, 2020October 2, 2020 Nyla Husain
A call for clouds in climate models
Climate Change

A call for clouds in climate models

In this throwback to last March, learn how clouds influence the greenhouse effect. This climate modeling study focused on their…
May 19, 2020May 20, 2020 Nyla Husain
Climate-driven events leave an imprint on corals in the Great Barrier Reef
Climate Change Coral Ecology

Climate-driven events leave an imprint on corals in the Great Barrier Reef

In this re-post, we discuss the ecological memory of corals from bleaching events that occurred back-to-back in 2016 and 2017.…
April 17, 2020April 20, 2020 Nyla Husain
Envisioning a better world with climate impact modeling
Climate Change Human impacts

Envisioning a better world with climate impact modeling

After October 2018, the global perspective on climate change started to shift. We dive into climate impact models, and how…
March 23, 2020January 18, 2021 Nyla Husain
One thousand ways to experience climate loss
Climate Change

One thousand ways to experience climate loss

What exactly are we at risk of losing as the planet warms? One recent study aims to track climate-driven loss…
January 27, 2020March 22, 2020 Nyla Husain
Think global, act local: how lake microbes respond to their environments
Biogeochemistry Climate Change Ecology Genetics genomics Microbiology

Think global, act local: how lake microbes respond to their environments

How do microbes in lake sediments respond to small and large scale influences, and what does it have to do…
December 25, 2019December 26, 2019 Nyla Husain
SURFO Special: GPS – An Unconventional Tidal Gauge
Sea-level Rise

SURFO Special: GPS – An Unconventional Tidal Gauge

Every summer, the URI Graduate School of Oceanography hosts undergraduate research interns called SURFOs. In this post, learn about Ben…
November 3, 2019October 2, 2020 Nyla Husain
Power plays in low carbon pathways: how elite groups may influence a green transition
Climate Change Coastal Management Conservation Human impacts

Power plays in low carbon pathways: how elite groups may influence a green transition

Learn how elite groups can guide and shape climate initiatives (spoiler alert: it's spoooooky) - and what we can do…
October 31, 2019November 1, 2019 Nyla Husain
Lost in transmission: how the delivery of electricity has its own carbon emissions
Climate Change

Lost in transmission: how the delivery of electricity has its own carbon emissions

The life cycle of electric power is more complex than we give it credit for. Learn how researchers have estimated…
September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 Nyla Husain
SURFO Special: Keep clam and carry on! Comparing diet differences in awning clams and quahogs
Ecology Fisheries

SURFO Special: Keep clam and carry on! Comparing diet differences in awning clams and quahogs

Every summer, the URI Graduate School of Oceanography hosts undergraduate research interns called SURFOs. In this post, learn about Sommer…
September 22, 2019October 2, 2020 Nyla Husain
SURFO Special: Surveying hazardous faults during Eastern Haiti’s 270-year earthquake hiatus
Geology

SURFO Special: Surveying hazardous faults during Eastern Haiti’s 270-year earthquake hiatus

Every summer, the URI Graduate School of Oceanography hosts undergraduate research interns called SURFOs. In this post, learn about Kamal…
September 22, 2019October 2, 2020 Nyla Husain
Tracking the transience of lake ice in a changing climate
Climate Change Human impacts

Tracking the transience of lake ice in a changing climate

Changes in seasonal lake ice are threatening the lives of those who depend on it. Find out how scientists are…
September 2, 2019September 3, 2019 Nyla Husain
New York City’s poop is a source of greenhouse gas emissions. Now what?
Coastal Management Human impacts

New York City’s poop is a source of greenhouse gas emissions. Now what?

The Hudson River has been a Superfund site since 1984, but pollution continues to be a problem today.
July 30, 2019October 2, 2020 Nyla Husain
Rugged Southern Ocean phytoplankton weather the storms
Biological oceanography Physical oceanography Remote Sensing

Rugged Southern Ocean phytoplankton weather the storms

Phytoplankton from the "wild west" of the world's oceans have learned to regrow after storms... over and over and over…
December 13, 2018October 2, 2020 Nyla Husain
Do we know what it means to engineer the climate?
Climate Change

Do we know what it means to engineer the climate?

At this point, it's undeniable that the climate is changing rapidly. What are our options for mitigation? Many scientists are…
November 16, 2018November 16, 2018 Nyla Husain
Beyond cannibalism, can tide pools help explain the universe?
Ecology

Beyond cannibalism, can tide pools help explain the universe?

It turns out tide pools are a lot more complex than they seem - and often inhabited by cannibals. Can…
October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 Nyla Husain
Millennial algae are not as productive: lazy, or less sea ice opportunities?
Biological oceanography

Millennial algae are not as productive: lazy, or less sea ice opportunities?

Why aren't Arctic phytoplankton as productive as they used to be? Is it a lazy millennial thing, or something more…
September 12, 2018September 13, 2018 Nyla Husain
Turtle hatchlings attracted to artificial light like moths to a flame
Sea Turtles

Turtle hatchlings attracted to artificial light like moths to a flame

On this Turtle Tuesday, find out how artificial lighting along coastlines due to industrial and commercial development is affecting sea…
August 14, 2018 Nyla Husain
The ongoing story of Hurricane Harvey
Climate Change

The ongoing story of Hurricane Harvey

With the start of the 2018 hurricane season, we explore what happened last year during one of the costliest hurricanes…
July 18, 2018July 18, 2018 Nyla Husain

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