Twelve Rhode Island educators recently boarded R/V Endeavor for the R.I. Teachers at Sea program, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become part of a scientific team conducting ocean research at sea.
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Using robots to study icebergs
Researchers from the University of Rhode Island and the University of Hawaii are collaborating on a robot-based iceberg mapping mission
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GSO Assistant Professor Roxanne Beinart was awarded $1.3 million to continue her work in researching deep-sea animals and their bacterial symbionts.
Continue reading "Exploring how bacteria and deep-sea life survive together"URI STEEP science effort responding to ‘forever’ PFAS chemical pollution renewed for $8.1 million for another 5 years
The STEEP program, one of the longer running PFAS science efforts in the country, studies pollution and examines potential research-based solutions alongside community partners.
Continue reading "URI STEEP science effort responding to ‘forever’ PFAS chemical pollution renewed for $8.1 million for another 5 years"Fantastic Bioplastic
What if there was a way to avoid the problem of plastic pollution while still reaping the benefits of a networked ocean? A group co-led by GSO’s Melissa Omand is about to put their biodegradable bioplastic to the test.
Continue reading "Fantastic Bioplastic"GSO’s Brice Loose heads to Norway on a Fulbright Fellowship
The oceanography professor and his family have headed to Norway this fall, where he’ll use a Fulbright Award to study greenhouse gasses beneath the sea ice in the changing Arctic.
Continue reading "GSO’s Brice Loose heads to Norway on a Fulbright Fellowship"University of Rhode Island kicks off “Vote Yes on 1” bond campaign
Passage of Question 1 will provide $100 million in bonds for much needed improvements to the University’s globally known Narragansett Bay Campus, the leader of Rhode Island’s ocean economy.
Continue reading "University of Rhode Island kicks off “Vote Yes on 1” bond campaign"SURFO fellowship welcomes prospective oceanographers
For his Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Oceanography (SURFO) at GSO, Arnaldo Díaz-Martínez joined an active research project working on the base of the marine food web in Narragansett Bay.
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All are invited to the URI Narragansett Bay Campus to learn the latest in ocean exploration, discovery, science and conservation.
Continue reading "GSO to host Science Saturday on Sept. 24."Rainer Lohmann named a Fulbright Arctic Initiative Scholar
On the Faroe Islands, GSO professor Rainer Lohmann, recipient of a prestigious Fulbright Arctic Initiative Award, has set out to better understand the full exposure of the local population to PFAS contaminants.
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