SkIO hosts first Open Lab Night of 2025
More than 60 visitors from the Savannah area and beyond gathered at the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO) on Tuesday, April 22, for the Institute’s first Open… Read more »
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SkIO Student Spotlight: Jazlyn Beeck
Jazlyn Beeck is a master’s student working in the lab of Clark Alexander, director of the UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO). Originally from Schleswig, Iowa, where she grew up… Read more »
SkIO scientists present at ASLO 2025
Research from the UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO) was prominently represented at the 2025 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Aquatic Sciences Meeting. The conference, held… Read more »
Student blog: Coast to coast, and back again
UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO) graduate student Mallory Mintz writes about her journey from the skyscrapers and subways of New York City to researching on the Georgia coast in… Read more »
The ocean’s hidden engine, the AMOC: Will it collapse, and what happens if it does?
In an interview format, Dr. Nick Foukal, an assistant professor at the UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO), answers questions about the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) — the… Read more »
Improving acoustic telemetry: Study shows how wind affects fish tracking
Researchers and fisheries managers who use acoustic telemetry to tag and track fish know of all the challenges involved. Fish tagging costs time and money, and the range that these… Read more »
Graduate students visit SkIO for weeklong experiential learning course
From Monday, March 3, through Friday, March 7, the newest cohort of graduate students from UGA Franklin College’s Department of Marine Sciences gathered at the UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography… Read more »
Shifting Shores: The Changing Landscapes of Savannah’s Barrier Islands
Evening at Skidaway returned on Tuesday, Feb. 18. In an interview format, Clark Alexander, director of the UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO), spoke about the shifting shorelines of… Read more »
SkIO Student Spotlight: Emily Gipson
Emily Gipson is a doctoral student working with faculty members Marc Frischer and Jay Brandes in their respective labs at the UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO). Originally from Winter… Read more »
Study unveils dust patterns over time in the North Pacific
Dust blown from the Earth’s continents falls into the oceans and fertilizes them with nutrients needed for plants, such as phytoplankton, to grow. This dust, rich with iron and other… Read more »