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Vetlesen Speaker Series: Climate change and Antarctic marine ecosystems

The effects of climate change on marine ecosystems in Antarctica is the next topic of the annual Vetlesen lecture series at the University of Rhode Island. Patricia Yager, a professor in the marine sciences department at the University of Georgia, will present her research at 4 p.m., Wednesday, October 18 in the Coastal Institute Auditorium […]

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NSF awards URI $19 million to establish statewide coastal ecology research consortium; GSO’s Rothstein to co-lead

The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Rhode Island a $19 million grant to establish a statewide research consortium to study the effects of climate variability on coastal ecosystems. The funding builds on more than $30 million of previous NSF funding through its Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), which aims to […]

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Vetlesen Speaker Series: Measuring ocean warming — Sept. 27

Knowing how much and where the ocean is warming is important to understand how fast the atmosphere will warm and how much seas will rise. Gregory C. Johnson, an oceanographer at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, is an expert on measuring ocean warming—and now he’ll share his research during a […]

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GSO MO student Sean Duffey wins NOAA Coastal Management Fellowship

Sean Duffey, URI master’s of oceanography (MO) candidate, has been awarded a 2017 NOAA Coastal Management Fellowship. Duffey was one of only five students selected nationally for the fellowship, out of 44 applicants from around the country. Duffey, a Watervliet, N.Y., native, will spend two years working in the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management on a […]

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GSO’s McDonough profiled in URI’s Commencement 2017

Commencement 2017: URI graduate excels in research of pollutants in lakes, oceans Carrie McDonough earns Ph.D from Graduate School of Oceanography Shampoo makes our hair smell good, but at a price. Sweet-smelling tresses bring polluted waterways. That’s the conclusion of Carrie McDonough, who will receive her doctorate in oceanography from the University of Rhode Island’s […]

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