September 2, 2023 – Providence Journal
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New study finds more than 1,000 tons of microplastics in Narragansett Bay
August 31, 2023 – Boston Globe
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August 24, 2023 – Rhody Today
Continue reading "New URI study finds extensive microplastics in Narragansett Bay"GSO student Victoria Fulfer awarded Fulbright grant
Victoria Fulfer, a Ph.D. student at the URI Graduate school of Oceanography, has been awarded a 2022-2023 Fulbright U.S. Student Program Research Award to fund her work in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
Continue reading "GSO student Victoria Fulfer awarded Fulbright grant"Narragansett Bay is changing forever. Here’s why one fish is never coming back.
Winter flounder populations decrease dramatically due to multiple environmental and man made issues. URI’s GSO is working to discover why.
Continue reading "Narragansett Bay is changing forever. Here’s why one fish is never coming back."URI scientists create model to simulate changing food web in Narragansett Bay
URI GSO scientists are creating a series of computer models of the food web of Narragansett Bay to predict how fish abundance will change as water temperatures rise, nutrient inputs vary, and fishing pressure fluctuates.
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GSO Profile of GSO Graduate Christine Gardiner whose research was on PFAS in Narragansett Bay.
Continue reading "GSO Profiles – GSO Graduate Christine L. Gardiner"After voters said ‘Yes on 2,’ URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography earns private support
In the year after Rhode Island voters approved a 2018 bond referendum, GSO has secured a number of private gifts to build on public funding and further revitalize its facilities.
Continue reading "After voters said ‘Yes on 2,’ URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography earns private support"Vote YES ON 2: Ocean Science for the Ocean State
Since its founding in 1961, GSO has been a leader in the study and exploration of the world’s oceans and has garnered significant national and international recognition of Rhode Island as a leader in oceanography and marine science. GSO has also focused on coastal environments that are so important to Rhode Island and the nation. […]
Continue reading "Vote YES ON 2: Ocean Science for the Ocean State"URI scientists to deploy Narragansett Bay Observatory for monitoring health of changing bay
Oceanographers, engineers and other marine scientists from URI are preparing to deploy an array of instruments in Narragansett Bay to monitor and predict the Bay’s health in the face of environmental changes.
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