Corps Partnership
UGA’s Skidaway Institute works with local leaders and the Army Corps of Engineers to safeguard the coastline. Read the full story, published in We Are Georgia. Every few months and… Read more »
UGA teams up with Georgia Tech to restore state’s coastlines
Three University of Georgia research faculty are working with a team from Georgia Tech on a coastline restoration project that is supported by nearly $1 million from the National Coastal… Read more »
SkIO alumna named 2026 Knauss Fellowship finalist
Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant announced Ashley Ohall as a 2026 finalist for the National Sea Grant College Program’s John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. Ohall graduated from the… Read more »
Study shows chromium behavior in oxygen-stratified Chesapeake Bay
A new study offers fresh insight into how chromium isotopes behave in aquatic environments like the Chesapeake Bay, where oxygen levels change with depth. The findings challenge how previous studies… Read more »
Video — Semester at Skidaway
The Semester at Skidaway field study program places students on the Georgia coast for a unique learning experience. Participants learn methods and concepts from leaders in marine science research and… Read more »
Year in SkIO Photos, 2025
It was another eventful year of research and education at the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography. From deploying gliders that listen for endangered right whales, to flying drones… Read more »
Forest management and prescribed burn activities planned on Skidaway Island
The Georgia Forestry Commission will conduct a carefully planned forest management project on approximately 75 acres of planted loblolly pine forest on the University of Georgia Skidaway Marine Science Campus… Read more »
Study reveals jellies carve out their own space in the ocean
Gelatinous zooplankton, often called jellies, play a key role in marine food webs. They can be very abundant, and some feed on the millimeter-sized eggs and larvae of fishes. Yet… Read more »
Semester at Skidaway Alumni Spotlight: Sarah McCaffrey
Sarah McCaffrey, who participated in the UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography’s (SkIO) Semester at Skidaway program in fall 2023, is now working as a Biological Opportunities And Training in Sciences… Read more »
Study confirms accuracy of SeaHawk CubeSat’s HawkEye ocean color data
The first comprehensive evaluation of HawkEye, an ocean-color instrument aboard the SeaHawk CubeSat, shows that its imagery is suitable for remote-sensing work, according to a new paper led by University… Read more »