“Her mission…is to protect sharks from their primary predator — humans.” Lauren Romeiro (M.O. 2017) is a marine scientist and well-respected photographer & cinematographer focusing on the conservation of sharks in the Northwest Atlantic.
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GSO alum Yackar Mauzole discusses her path throughout higher education to becoming an oceanographer and touches on some of the hardships she faced as a student and now as an early career researcher.
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Read the third and final post from GSO Ph.D. candidate Diana Fontaine about her experience working on the NASA EXPORTS project in the North Atlantic.
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The National Science Foundation’s new Regional Class Research Vessel that will soon call the University of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Campus home has a name: Narragansett Dawn.
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GSO Ph.D. student Ali Johnson writes about, and shares photos from, a recent research cruise in the Gulf of Mexico with four other GSO scientists as part of an ongoing study on the Loop Current.
A team of five GSO scientists
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Read the second in a series of posts from GSO Ph.D. candidate Diana Fontaine who’s reporting from the North Atlantic about her experience working on the NASA EXPORTS project.
Continue reading "Fitting in science between the roaring waves and blustery wind"
“She keeps working hard, she keeps calculating primary production, she keeps writing and publishing papers, and she keeps mentoring graduate students and summer interns.”
Meet GSO alum (Ph.D. 1967) and professor Candace Oviatt, a member of the first class of GSO students, who’s recognized worldwide as an expert on Narragansett Bay.
Marine explorer and GSO professor Robert Ballard is looking back at his 50-year career of discovery by publishing a memoir, Into the Deep, recounting the backstories of many of his greatest adventures.
Continue reading "URI marine explorer Ballard publishes memoir, reveals dyslexia"
Read the first in a series of posts from GSO Ph.D. candidate Diana Fontaine who’s reporting from the North Atlantic about her experience working on the NASA EXPORTS project.
Continue reading "Pursuing ocean science in the midst of a global pandemic"
“I want to make sure that policymakers know what science has to offer so they can try to make better and informed decisions for the environment.”
Nina Santos (M.S. 2020), who recently started her doctorate in ecological sciences, wants to explore the connections between science and policy.