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.
Continue reading "Microbes deep beneath seafloor survive on byproducts of radioactive process"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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On February 3-4, 2021, the Ocean Decade U.S. National Committee will host a virtual event featuring Ocean-Shots, and several members of the GSO community will share their innovative proposals.
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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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