Tag: Exploration and Technology

GSO is searching for a Professor of Oceanography with a focus on exploration

The Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) at the University of Rhode Island invites applications for the position of Professor of Oceanography whose primary focus will be exploration that integrates ship-based field programs, innovative technology development (with emphasis on autonomous systems), and broad-based educational outreach activities.

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GSO scientists discover abundance of plastic built up in sea ice collected in the Arctic’s Northwest Passage

Scientist drilling for an ice core in the Arctic.

A research team, led by the URI Graduate School of Oceanography, recently returning from a groundbreaking, 18-day expedition aboard the Swedish Icebreaker Oden has made a discovery related to plastics in the Arctic Ocean.

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Ballard, team off to Nikumaroro Island to look for Earhart’s plane

Robert Ballard standing next to a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) aboard E/V Nautilus.

GSO professor Robert Ballard and his team aboard Ocean Exploration Trust’s E/V Nautilus are at Nikumaroro Island, a remote atoll within the Phoenix Islands archipelago to look for Amelia Earhart’s airplane.

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Ocean and space exploration blend at URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography

he remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Hercules is launched from E/V Nautilus.

Scientists with a NASA-led expedition are operating from the Inner Space Center at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography as colleagues explore the deep Pacific Ocean to prepare to search for life in deep space.

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