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• Reading the ocean’s snowflakes: How AI decodes marine snow - GSO Research Professor Melissa Omand leads NSF-funded project testing whether underwater images can reveal the chemical composition of marine snow
• More than 60 years of beach survey data reveal extent of shoreline erosion - New website developed by URI researchers illustrates impact of nor’easters and hurricanes over decades
• URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography to host Science Saturday - Dozens of free interactive exhibits and behind-the-scenes tours await guests on URI’s Narragansett Bay Campus
• School Lessons, Life Lessons. - September 9, 2026 By Veronica M. Berounsky. Ph.D.’90 “I spent a lot of time listening earlier in my career, and now whether it’s on the phone or at the dock or in wheelhouse, it’s still important to just listen and learn.” – Anna Mercer, Ph.D.’15 When she started looking at graduate programs all over the […]

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• Why Crozet: Like a Freight Train, Isabel Climbs - September 4, 2026 - Crozet Gazette
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• Rhode Island Predicts Coastal Storm Impacts with Real-Time GIS Tool - August 23, 2026 - esri
• How AI is Reshaping Ocean Science - August 20, 2026 - New Bedford Light
• How volunteers and researchers at URI work together to better understand our environment - August 10, 2026 - RI Current

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