April 22 is Earth Day! Check out the list that GSO has compiled of different ways you can take part in this year’s celebration.
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URI oceanographer part of pioneering study to improve weather prediction and global carbon budget understanding
A research team led by Saildrone with severa partners including GSO announced a new mission, partially funded by a $1.7 million grant from Google.org, which will use Saildrone Explorer uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) to conduct oceanographic missions to gain unprecedented insight into the impact of the Gulf Stream on weather and climate.
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There are now seven final candidate names for the new National Science Foundation-owned Regional Class Research Vessel to homeport at the URI Narragansett Bay Campus.
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The University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography asked aspiring K-12 student artists across Rhode Island a simple question: What is your ocean story? The result was hundreds of artistic submissions from all ages to the “Ocean View Exhibition and Youth Art Competition,” celebrating the 60th anniversary of GSO’s founding.
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Despite the pandemic, the URI GSO offered the SURFO (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Oceanography) program in summer 2020. Andria Miller and the GSO team she worked with reflect on the experience and the benefits of the program.
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For the first time, researchers have been able to obtain full-depth glacial meltwater observations in winter, using instruments attached to the heads of seals living near the Pine Island Glacier, in the remote Amundsen Sea in the west of Antarctica.
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GSO researchers find that microbes living in ancient sediment below the seafloor are sustained primarily by chemicals created by the natural irradiation of water molecules, with implications for the search for life on other worlds.
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GSO is launching a new online master’s program aimed at professionals seeking to enter or advance their careers within the growing ocean economy.
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An international group of scientists is proposing a global intergovernmental science-policy body for informing policymakers and the public on chemicals and waste.
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RCRV-2 Construction – Interim Report, February 2021 By GSO Dean Emeritus Bruce Corliss The RCRV project continues to move forward with construction of the R/V Taani, RCRV-2 (Hull 6097), and the R/V Gilbert R. Mason by the Gulf Island Shipyard (GIS) in Houma, La. Last week, a virtual Quarterly Management Review took place with GIS, […]
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