Ocean Classroom (Spots)

GSO Beach Survey

The Beach Survey Program was established at GSO in the early 1960s at a few select sandy barrier beaches to measure and document shoreline change. Measurements have been taken regularly ever since, and the survey dataset is one of the longest of its kind.

Shoreline Change

GSO Plankton Time Series

Every week since 1957, researchers at GSO have collected water samples from Narragansett Bay to study phytoplankton, zooplankton, and environmental conditions.

Plankton communities

GSO Fish Trawl

With over 65 years of sampling data, the GSO Fish Trawl Survey is one of the longest-running studies of bottom fish and invertebrate populations in the world.

long-term bay health

Marine Operations

Introducing Marine Operations, our dynamic team dedicated to ensuring the success of scientific expeditions at URI GSO.

R/V Endeavor

Ocean Dynamics Lab

The Ocean Dynamics Lab designs, builds and sends oceanographic instruments called C-PIES to the bottom of the ocean to investigate storms and their role in how the ocean moves heat around.

Ocean Storm Chasers

Ann Gall Durbin Aquarium

The Ann Gall Durbin Aquarium is able to create small replicas of the natural world, and can emulate almost any condition on the planet.

See marine life firsthand

Ocean Ecogeochemistry Lab

Meet the people and learn about the science of using molecular isotopes to dive into big questions about food security, coastal health and climate change.

You are what you eat