While there is growing interest and investment in promoting such a multi-use approach in ocean spaces the world over, definitions and visions for the approach vary.
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Leading by example: URI recognized for state’s only college solar carport and more at state Clean Energy Awards
Efficiency projects at the Narragansett Bay Campus were also recognized.
Continue reading "Leading by example: URI recognized for state’s only college solar carport and more at state Clean Energy Awards"URI Graduate School of Oceanography’s Melissa Omand to receive funding for Ocean Margins Initiative in Ghana
The project, funded by Schmidt Sciences, is expected to receive $3.46M in funding over five years.
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M.S. Malachy McCaffrey will start his master’s in oceanography at URI this fall under Kris Lewis.
Continue reading "GSO student awarded research fellowship from National Science Foundation"URI Coastal Resources Center Receives $13 Million for Marine Conservation in Madagascar through USAID Initiative
Led by CRC, the USAID Ocean Riake project focuses on marine conservation, spatial planning, and sustainable livelihoods of coastal communities.
Continue reading "URI Coastal Resources Center Receives $13 Million for Marine Conservation in Madagascar through USAID Initiative"GSO’s Victoria Fulfer awarded the University of Rhode Island Graduate School Outstanding Doctoral Research Award
GSO is pleased to announce the recognition of two outstanding graduate students for their significant achievements as they graduate with doctoral degrees.
Continue reading "GSO’s Victoria Fulfer awarded the University of Rhode Island Graduate School Outstanding Doctoral Research Award"Long-term ocean sampling in Narragansett Bay reveals plummeting plankton levels: impact uncertain for local food web
URI researchers estimate that in Narragansett Bay, the level of tiny plantlike creatures called phytoplankton has dropped by half in the last half century.
Continue reading "Long-term ocean sampling in Narragansett Bay reveals plummeting plankton levels: impact uncertain for local food web"Seafloor life devastated near explosive volcanic eruption in Pacific, URI research shows
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.
Continue reading "Seafloor life devastated near explosive volcanic eruption in Pacific, URI research shows"Celebrating the Spring 2024 GSO graduates
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.
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