URI researchers estimate that in Narragansett Bay, the level of tiny plantlike creatures called phytoplankton has dropped by half in the last half century.
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Research led by GSO’s Roxanne Beinart and supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) has unveiled catastrophic effects on seafloor life from the 2022 Hunga volcanic eruption in Tonga.
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Join us in celebrating the Spring 2024 GSO graduates on Friday, May 17 and Sunday, May 19.
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Meet Mansur Ali Jisan, who graduates from URI this month with a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Oceanography.
Continue reading "Commencement 2024: GSO doctoral candidate Mansur Ali Jisan explores hurricanes and R.I.’s lighthouses"
We’re excited here on the URI Narragansett Bay Campus to welcome this year’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Oceanography (SURFO) students!
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Join us in congratulating Dr. Corrina Breusing as recipient of the Research and Scholarship Staff Excellence Award in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Engineering
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GSO professor Art Spivack is playing a key role in the NASA Astrobiology Science Conference next week.
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GSO Professor Kathy Donohue is recognized for her course, OCG 200G: Extreme Weather, Graduate School of Oceanography
Continue reading "2024 Spotlight on Faculty Innovation in General Education"
Professors Reza Hashemi and Brice Loose will conduct an in-depth analysis to determine the best locations for installation of an electrochemical CO2 removal system
Continue reading "Department of Energy Awards URI Team Funding for Carbon Capture Analysis"
Her study will focus on examining the molecular nature of symbiotic relationships in eukaryotic (plants, animals, fungi) microorganisms, shedding light on the physical interactions and exchange of nutrients between cells.
Continue reading "GSO Professor Roxanne Beinart awarded international research grant to investigate symbiotic relationships among microorganisms"