URI oceanographers explore world’s oceans to better understand underwater volcanoes, microscopic life, Arctic winds

Scientists from GSO spent weeks at sea last summer on research expeditions designed to gain a better understanding of underwater volcanoes, microscopic life and Arctic winds.

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

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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GSO oceanographers, graduate students recognized by international oceanography magazine

One of the biggest compliments for a scientist is to have his or her research article cited by other scientists in their papers. This kind of recognition is an acknowledgement that the research is important—and, in some cases, groundbreaking. Professors and graduate students at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography received that […]

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