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. […]
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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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Dr. Candace Oviatt has been carrying out crucial research in Narragansett Bay for decades and shows no signs of stopping.
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She is spending ten weeks in the laboratory of Dr. Bethany Jenkins where she is investigating the genetic composition of the Narragansett Bay phytoplankton community and testing for the presence of the natural toxin domoic acid.
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When URI President Francis H. Horn hired John A. Knauss as the founding dean of the newly established Graduate School of Oceanography, they definitely believed in “Think Big, We Do”, transforming the Narragansett Marine Lab by bringing in an ocean-going ship in addition to expanding the coastal programs. And it started on April 27, 1961.
Continue reading "A vision for GSO (or why we must have a ship, why we can’t forget about coastal waters, and why we should celebrate April 27)"Welcome to the Bay Campus (B)log. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a blog is “a regular feature appearing as part of an online publication that typically relates to a particular topic and consists of articles and personal commentary by one or more authors”. But why (B)log? Also according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a log is […]
Continue reading "Roots, Holdfasts, and Anchors"Sixteenth Annual Ronald C. Baird Sea Grant Science Symposium, hosted by GSO, explored a changing Narragansett Bay: The Independent The Independent Providence Journal-Opinion Section
Continue reading "“Changes in Narragansett Bay: A Conversation Among Citizens and Scientists”"ecoRI News – GSO professors Candace Oviatt and Jeremy Collie quoted
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The Graduate School of Oceanography is delighted to announce the release of the ‘2017 State of Narragansett Bay and its Watershed Summary Report’. This report was developed in partnership between the Narragansett Bay Estuary Project, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission. Numerous faculty and alumni from the Graduate […]
Continue reading "2017 State of Narragansett Bay and its Watershed Summary Report"The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Rhode Island a $19 million grant to establish a statewide research consortium to study the effects of climate variability on coastal ecosystems. The funding builds on more than $30 million of previous NSF funding through its Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), which aims to […]
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