In the second installment of his blog, URI GSO student Jiahang Li describes how ocean bottom seismometers are deployed & collected as he and Dr. Yang Shen study the ongoing eruption of Hawaii’s #Kilauea volcano and the accompanying earthquakes & tremors.
Continue reading "Seven Days Offshore of Kilauea: Deploying the Seismometers"
URI Graduate School of Oceanography student Jiahang Li and faculty member Dr. Yang Shen are currently off the coast of the Island of Hawaii as part of a “rapid response” to the ongoing eruption of the Kilauea volcano and accompanying earthquakes and tremors. As the pair works with other researchers to deploy instruments on the […]
Continue reading "Seven Days Offshore of Kilauea: Dockside in Honolulu"
Mike is helping to develop a new method to measure dissolved neon (Ne) in glacial meltwater using mass spectrometry. #NSFfunded
Continue reading "Meet the SURFOs: Michael Miller"
Elizabeth Tan is merging her science background with notions of ecology to help build and develop software for a low-cost underwater weather station. #NSFfunded
Continue reading "Meet the SURFOs: Elizabeth Tan"
Potential effects of volcanic warming on ice-sheet melting and sea level rise still to be determined #NSFfunded
Continue reading "Previously unsuspected volcanic activity confirmed under West Antarctic Ice Sheet at Pine Island Glacier"
Deb is working on deep-sea snail populations in the laboratory of Roxanne Beinart. #NSFfunded
Continue reading "Meet the SURFOs: Deborah Leopo"
Surprising find plays critical role in movement, melting of Pine Island Glacier.
Continue reading "Researchers discover volcanic heat source under major Antarctic glacier"
“I was really drawn to GSO because it has its own campus, it’s right on the water, it has a really rich history of faculty and students being able to really directly interact with the ocean.”
Continue reading "This is GSO: Melissa Omand, GSO Faculty"
“The interest is translating scientific discovery into societal benefits.”
Continue reading "This is GSO: Matt Gusto, GSO Alumni"
If you missed the third annual WOD Tri-Ship Connection, you can watch it now on the GSO website!
Continue reading "World Oceans Day 2018 Tri-Ship Connection"