Tag: Arctic

Scientists, students led by GSO conduct first live, interactive public broadcasts from Arctic Ocean

Swedish Icebreaker Oden at sea

U.S./Canadian team of experts, students to measure vital signs of polar ocean environment, offer real-time reports during 18-day voyage A team of natural and social scientists, led by the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography and supported by 25 post-secondary students from the United States and Canada will study vital signs of a […]

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URI oceanographers explore world’s oceans to better understand underwater volcanoes, microscopic life, Arctic winds

View of sunset in the North Pacific from aboard a ship engaged in the EXPORTS expedition.

Scientists from GSO spent weeks at sea last summer on research expeditions designed to gain a better understanding of underwater volcanoes, microscopic life and Arctic winds.

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GSO Receives $3 Million Grant for Ground-Breaking Arctic Expedition

The University of Rhode Island has received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct a ground-breaking research and education expedition into the Canadian Arctic’s Northwest Passage. URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography’s Inner Space Center, an international facility that supports and conducts ocean science research expeditions, will lead the expedition, which will […]

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