GSO professor joins expedition to study offshore groundwater systems

Professor Rebecca Robinson to examine samples from the subsurface south of Martha’s Vineyard May 20, 2025 Scientists were surprised when they discovered freshened (slightly saline) water beneath the ocean’s floor in the 1960’s. For the first time, a team of researchers is conducting a dedicated, hydrogeological study of an offshore freshened groundwater system to better […]

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Massive shark tooth discovered in samples from Pacific Ocean floor

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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