From the Division of Research
Announcing the 2026 Internal Funding Awardees
Awards include the 2026 Division of Research Seed Program and the Richard B. Salomon Faculty Research Awards.
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Institute at Brown for Environment and Society
Baylor Fox-Kemper
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Research Interests
Climate, Oceans, Modeling, Turbulence, Waves
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WATCH | Commencement Forum: Ocean Health, Our Health
IBES' 2026 Commencement Forum brought students, alumni, families, and community members together at the Watson School of International and Public Affairs and online for a conversation on the future of ocean science, climate resilience, plastics, and environmental policy.
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The University of Rhode Island
The Ripple Effect of Research Funding for Better Outcomes
IBES faculty affiliates Baylor Fox-Kemper, Mara Freilich, Emanuele Di Lorenzo, and Karianne Bergen are collaborators on SIMCoast, a $7 million grant building Rhode Island’s research capabilities to measure and study the impacts of nano- and microplastics.
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The Brown Daily Herald
New study advances modeling of ocean’s finer details
IBES Fellow and DEEPS Professor Baylor Fox-Kemper co-authored a recent study showing how small-scale ocean processes have substantial effects on global model results.
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Geophysical Research Letters
Representation of Surface Mixed-Layer Eddies Affects the Large-Scale Ventilation of the Global Ocean
DEEPS Professor and IBES Fellow Baylor Fox-Kemper co-authored this study, which reveals how small-scale ocean processes have substantial effects on global model results.
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Capital News Service
Climate action moves forward despite Trump’s policy rollbacks. Will it be enough?
Baylor Fox-Kemper, an IBES Faculty Fellow and Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, offered commentary on the clean-energy economy and climate change.
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