The National Science Foundation has selected the East Coast Oceanographic Consortium, led by the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, to operate a new oceanographic research ship, one of only three such vessels in the nation.
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Mike is helping to develop a new method to measure dissolved neon (Ne) in glacial meltwater using mass spectrometry. #NSFfunded
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Elizabeth Tan is merging her science background with notions of ecology to help build and develop software for a low-cost underwater weather station. #NSFfunded
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Potential effects of volcanic warming on ice-sheet melting and sea level rise still to be determined #NSFfunded
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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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The ability to do research throughout the world’s ocean is crucial to GSO. Our ships are hard working for RI and beyond. First there was R/V Trident, next there is R/V Endeavor, now there is the East Coast Oceanographic Consortium.
Continue reading "GSO’s Research Labs That Float"We all know our planet spins, but did you also know it is constantly changing. Earth’s outer crust moves in pieces over melted rock, coming together and spreading apart to reshape the geological landscape. Those interactions—called the theory of plate tectonics—can cause natural disasters, including earthquakes, which are especially destructive. It’s crucial, then, that scientists […]
Continue reading "GSO’s Matt Wei wins prestigious NSF early career grant"GSO’s Inner Space Center won high praise from federal investigators today for its help finding the data recorder of the doomed El Faro cargo ship. The National Transportation Safety Board released a transcript of audio recordings from the data recorder, which the center helped locate in 15,000 feet of water off the Bahamas in the Caribbean last […]
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