New weather station goes online
UGA Skidaway Institute’s new weather station became operational in early May. The weather station includes a 30-foot-tall tower on the pier at Priests Landing.
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Scientific serendipity: Researchers make surprising finding on ocean’s ‘thin layers’
Sometimes scientists start out researching one subject, but along the way, they come across something else even more interesting. This is what happened to University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography researcher Adam Greer in the summer of 2016 when Greer was a post-doctoral associate at the University of Southern Mississippi.
COVID delayed Arctic researchers head home
UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Chris Marsay is currently onboard an icebreaker ship which, until last week, was frozen solid in the Arctic ice cap. Marsay is part of a major international research project named Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate or “MOSAiC.”
UGA Skidaway Institute scientists use cutting edge tools to track fish migrations
University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Catherine Edwards is participating in a collaborative project that will track the migration patterns of important fish species using artificial intelligence and a fleet of underwater robots. The project is a joint effort among UGA Skidaway Institute, Georgia Tech, Michigan State University, Wright State University and Gray’s… Read more »
New high-tech microscope to bolster UGA Skidaway Institute’s microplastics research
A new, high-tech microscope is giving scientists at the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography a tool to study the tiniest particles and organisms in our environment in a whole new light.The Horiba Jobin Yvon XplorRA Plus Confocal Raman microscope uses lasers, rather than conventional light or a stream of electrons, to examine objects… Read more »
Black gill linked to climate change
UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography researchers may have found a link between shrimp black gill and climate change. Black gill is a condition shrimpers have blamed for devastating their shrimp harvests. It is caused by a single cell parasite. VIDEO
COVID-19 impacts Arctic research project
(Updated April 20, 2020) UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Chris Marsay is currently onboard an icebreaker ship that’s frozen solid in the Arctic ice cap. Marsay is part of a major international research project named Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate or “MOSAiC.” The German icebreaker Research Vessel Polarstern sailed into… Read more »
UGA Skidaway Institute scientists to study aerosol dust’s impact on life and chemistry in the ocean
A team of University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientists has received a 4-year, $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study how dust in the atmosphere is deposited in the ocean and how that affects chemical and biological process there. The research team of Clifton Buck, Daniel Ohnemus and Christopher Marsay… Read more »
It’s cold up here!
UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Chris Marsay will spend the next few months on board an icebreaker, frozen solid in the Arctic ice cap. Marsay is part of a major international research project named Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate or “MOSAiC.”
Video premier highlights first 2020 Evening @ Skidaway program
The UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography will kick off its 2020 Evening @ Skidaway program series on Monday, March 9, with the premier of the video, “Beyond the Gulf Stream.” The video was shot and produced by local videographer Kyle Maddox-Lawrence, who joined a 2019 research cruise on board the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Research… Read more »