She is spending ten weeks in the laboratory of Dr. Bethany Jenkins where she is investigating the genetic composition of the Narragansett Bay phytoplankton community and testing for the presence of the natural toxin domoic acid.
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“It really touches every aspect of our lives, so if you don’t care about the research, we’re not going to learn about all of these different things that impact us every single day.”
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Tune in to hear from scientists, engineers, and other crew as they discuss the important work they are conducting to understand our changing ocean.
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On Friday May 18th, Senator Reed brought Admiral Tim Gallaudet, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Acting Secretary, for a visit to GSO to discuss our future prospects with the NBC Master Plan, Ocean Exploration and our growing partnerships with NOAA. Admiral Dick West, GSO Advisory Council member, joined the meeting that […]
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When 8 URI undergraduate Honors students took the course CSI:Oceans, they learned about whales, microscopic plankton, and how to explain their research to the world through telepresence while they were on a research cruise off Rhode Island.
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The ability to do research throughout the world’s ocean is crucial to GSO. Our ships are hard working for RI and beyond. First there was R/V Trident, next there is R/V Endeavor, now there is the East Coast Oceanographic Consortium.
Continue reading "GSO’s Research Labs That Float"Congratulations to Colin Jones for winning one of four prestigious funding opportunities through the Schlanger Ocean Drilling Fellowship Program! Only the most innovative and imaginative research proposals, requiring scientific ocean drilling data, are funded through this program.
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When URI President Francis H. Horn hired John A. Knauss as the founding dean of the newly established Graduate School of Oceanography, they definitely believed in “Think Big, We Do”, transforming the Narragansett Marine Lab by bringing in an ocean-going ship in addition to expanding the coastal programs. And it started on April 27, 1961.
Continue reading "A vision for GSO (or why we must have a ship, why we can’t forget about coastal waters, and why we should celebrate April 27)"Single largest grant in URI history Posted on April 23, 2018 at URI Today NARRAGANSETT, R.I., — April 23, 2018—The Philippines is one of the largest fish producing nations in the world, employing millions and feeding the planet. Yet the industry is in peril, largely due to destructive fishing practices, typhoons and coastal degradation. The […]
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