Last month’s eruption of the Anak Krakatau volcano in Indonesia, and the deadly tsunami that followed, caused URI Ocean Engineering and GSO scientists to spring to action.
Continue reading "Modelling the Anak Krakatau volcano, tsunami to better prepare U.S. for future tsunamis"Earlier this month, faculty, staff and students from the URI Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) were among hundreds of scientists presenting their research at the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) Fall Meeting in San Francisco. With about 24,000 participants last year, the group’s 49th annual fall meeting is the largest Earth and space science meeting in […]
Continue reading "URI oceanographers, scientists present latest research at AGU Fall Meeting"Momentum – URI’s Research Magazine, Spring 2016 – Prof. Steve Carey profiled
Continue reading "The Huge Impact of Explosive Volcanic Eruptions"University of Rhode Island volcanologist Steven Carey is participating in a scientific investigation of hydrothermal vents in the crater of an ancient underwater volcano off the coast of Greece. He is helping to direct remotely operated vehicles deployed from the exploration ship Nautilus to collect water and sediment samples, and he is discussing the findings with shipboard scientists.
But Carey isn’t aboard the Nautilus. He’s not even in Greece or elsewhere in Europe. He is sitting in the Inner Space Center at URI, where he can participate in the research expedition from thousands of miles away without having to spend weeks at sea.
Continue reading "Exploration Via Telepresence"