Adam Soule is not only a new professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, he is set to lead one of the largest research initiatives in the University’s history.
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GSO professor Jeremy Collie published a new book to illuminate the connections between ecology and fishery science.
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URI GSO scientists are creating a series of computer models of the food web of Narragansett Bay to predict how fish abundance will change as water temperatures rise, nutrient inputs vary, and fishing pressure fluctuates.
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An international research team that included three scientists GSO has discovered single-celled microorganisms in a location where they didn’t expect to find them.
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A number of URI GSO faculty, staff and students will present their research at the 2020 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. See our meeting guide for details.
Continue reading "GSO at the 2020 AGU Fall Meeting"URI Coastal Resources Center director J.P. Walsh gave a presentation to the URI Graduate School of Oceanography community on November 18, 2020 titled, “The Coastal Resources Center: Bringing Science and Solutions to Communities and Citizens.”
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Paula Bontempi, Ph.D. ’01, the new dean of the URI Graduate School of Oceanography, shares highlights from her esteemed career and her return back to the Ocean State in this October 21, 2020 presentation.
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Journalist and author Ian Urbina shared stories of lawlessness at sea in this year’s Fish Lecture at the URI Graduate School of Oceanography.
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For the first time, researchers have mapped the biological diversity of marine sediment, one of Earth’s largest global biomes.
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GSO scientists depart for a five-day cruise to investigate the implications of a marine heat wave in the offshore waters of New England.
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