Scientists track microplastic pollution on the Georgia coast
In recent years, the public has become attuned to the problem of trash in the ocean, especially plastic, as images of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch have spread through media… Read more »
Marine Biology
3rd annual black gill cruise
This year’s black gill research cruise was held on Thursday, October 19. This is the third year UGA Skidaway Institute scientist Marc Frischer has hosted this cruise, designed to both… Read more »
UGA Skidaway Institute scientists describe their work to federal legislative staffers
UGA Skidaway Institute Interim Director Clark Alexander along with researchers Marc Frischer, Dana Savidge and Catherine Edwards are participating in the University of Georgia’s Federal Legislative Retreat today. Alexander provided… Read more »
UGA Skidaway Inst scientist talks jellyfish
UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography’s Dick Lee was interviewed by the local Fox affiliate yesterday about jellyfish. Here is a link to the story. http://fox28media.com/news/local/tybee-island-may-see-jellyfish-increase-this-month
VIDEO – The climate change issue you probably haven't heard about
The soil in the Arctic holds a massive store of carbon. These remnants of plants and animals that lived tens of thousands of years ago have been locked in permafost,… Read more »
Savannah newspaper article features UGA Skidaway Institute and R/V Savannah
The Savannah Morning News published a nice article over the weekend on the Rivers to Reefs teacher development program produced by Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary. Although the Rivers to… Read more »
UGA Skidaway Institute receives funding for regional glider network
University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography researcher Catherine Edwards is leading a team that has received a five-year, $750,000 grant from the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association, or… Read more »
Black gill article in Savannah Morning News
Here is a nice article by Mary Landers of the Savannah Morning News updating our black gill research.
A surprise catch
Here’s something you don’t see every day. While we were trawling for shrimp in Wassaw Sound on board the Research Vessel Savannah, a young loggerhead sea turtle got caught up… Read more »