The Atlantic Ocean contains one of the most powerful influences on our planet’s climate, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). This system, known as the Atlantic’s “great conveyor belt,” carries… Read more »
On Monday, Nov. 3, Semester at Skidaway students boarded skiffs at the UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO) dock and traveled along Savannah’s coastal rivers to Wassaw Island, where they… Read more »
On Monday, Oct. 27, Semester at Skidaway students took the ferry to Sapelo Island, Georgia, where they toured the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve and the University of Georgia… Read more »
Sarah Belcher, who participated in the UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography’s (SkIO) Semester at Skidaway program in fall 2022 and received a bachelor’s degree in ocean science from UGA Franklin College… Read more »
Although the open ocean may seem far away, it plays a powerful role in shaping our coastal ecosystems. In an interview-style conversation during Evening at Skidaway, Dr. Lukas Taenzer, a… Read more »
Ava Meier, who participated in the UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography’s (SkIO) Semester at Skidaway program in fall 2022 and received a bachelor’s degree in ocean science from UGA Franklin… Read more »
Appendicularians are abundant zooplankton that make mucous houses, which allow them to filter food from the water. Creating and discarding these houses is an important mechanism for transporting carbon to… Read more »
The University of Georgia has promoted Clifton Buck of the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO) to full professor, effective Aug. 1, 2025. Buck, a faculty member in the Department of… Read more »
Claire Eilers, a first-year doctoral student in the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of Georgia’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and based at the UGA Skidaway Institute… Read more »
A new video takes viewers aboard the Research Vessel Savannah, owned and operated by the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO).