Tag: Dr. Melissa Omand

Join URI students on R/V Endeavor oceanographic research expedition, Earth Day April 22

The RV Endeavor, the University of Rhode Island’s research vessel. Photo courtesy of the Inner Space Center. The RV Endeavor, the University of Rhode Island’s research vessel. Photo courtesy of the Inner Space Center.

Students from the University of Rhode Island Honors Program will embark on a six-day expedition aboard the URI Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) Research Vessel (R/V) Endeavor to conduct ocean research – and on Earth Day, April 22, you can join them!

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Four URI scientists among 100 researchers on NASA-led expedition to North Pacific

The research vessel Sally Ride at sea.

GSO professors Susanne Menden-Deuer, Melissa Omand, and Tatiana Rynearson are among 100 researchers from 30 institutions who embarked on a month-long expedition to study microscopic organisms that live deep in the ocean and play a critical role in removing carbon dioxide from Earth’s atmosphere.

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