GSO professor Rebecca Robinson will serve as an advisor and help to further the Coastal Institute’s community-based coastal science mission.
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To kick off Women’s History Month, GSO explored the diverse experiences of women in ocean science with Katy Croff Bell (Ph.D.’11) and GSO professors Fenix Garcia Tigreros & Rebecca Robinson.
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In a shipment of rocks from about 10,000 feet deep in the Pacific Ocean, University of Rhode Island’s Marine Geological Samples Laboratory discovered a fossil of a shark tooth, which has since been identified as belonging to an ancient megalodon.
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GSO graduate Angela Stahl really enjoyed her research experience at GSO.
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GSO Profile for GSO graduate Xuanyu Chen who received her Ph.D. in August 2020.
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Interview with recent GSO graduate Colin Jones who studied paleoceanography with Dr. Rebecca Robinson in the Southern Ocean.
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A new research project will assess the environmental impact of groundwater, a significant source of fresh water entering salt ponds, but one that is poorly understood.
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(23 January 2017 – 5 March 2017) Chief Scientist Rebecca Robinson, URI oceanography associate professor, along with members of her lab and a team of collaborators, head to the Southern Ocean for a research cruise aboard the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer. Their research seeks to understand how the oceans and ocean biology interact with climate by looking at biologically important […]
Continue reading "SNOWBIRDS"Three women scientists at the University of Rhode Island will lead expeditions to Antarctica this year, thanks to winning highly competitive grants from the National Science Foundation. The expeditions aboard the research vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer reflect URI’s successful initiative to recruit more women to science faculty positions and create a welcoming environment for them. […]
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