What if there was a way to avoid the problem of plastic pollution while still reaping the benefits of a networked ocean? A group co-led by GSO’s Melissa Omand is about to put their biodegradable bioplastic to the test.
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The Coastal Resources Center and its partners have been awarded a $15 million grant to address the social and ecological drivers of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the Pacific Islands region.
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Dr. Paula Bontempi, Dean of the Graduate School of Oceanography joins the Blue Economy Podcast to discuss how the world of academia is preparing students to take ocean exploration and research to the next level.
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Experts from the URI Graduate School of Oceanography will participate in the next edition of The Ocean Race Summits.
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URI has appointed NASA scientist Paula S. Bontempi as dean of the Graduate School of Oceanography. Bontempi is an alumna of GSO and a biological oceanographer for more than 25 years.
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Jennifer McCann of URI GSO’s Coastal Resources Center weighs in on the $5 billion-and-growing blue economy in Rhode Island.
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NOAA to work with a consortium of five institutions, led by URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography, exploring and mapping more than 3 billion acres of America’s ocean territory.
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URI’s Coastal Resources Center is leading a statewide initiative to document Rhode Islan’s robust “Blue Economy’’ – the vast array of businesses, industries and institutions tied to the state’s waters.
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URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 27 in Narragansett for the Greenfins Aquaculture Facility.
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