Salt marshes losing race to rising sea level
A race between rising sea levels and sediment discharge from coastal rivers may determine the future health of salt marshes in Georgia and South Carolina, and it appears that rising… Read more »
Semester@Skidaway students take first research cruise
The UGA marine science students in the Semester@Skidaway program took their first research cruise on board the Research Vessel Savannah over the weekend of Oct. 8-9. Professor Jay Brandes led… Read more »
Semester@Skidaway students boat to Wassaw Island
The Semester@Skidaway cohort got an up-close look at coastal processes with a field trip to Wassaw Island. The trip was organized by UGA Skidaway Institute Director Clark Alexander and his… Read more »
Semester@Skidaway students take first research cruise
The UGA marine science students in the Semester@Skidaway program took their first research cruise on board the Research Vessel Savannah over the weekend of Oct. 8-9. Professor Jay Brandes led… Read more »
Featured FlowCam User: Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
One of our summer interns in Natalie Cohen’s lab, Elizabeth Szink, wrote an account of her experience at Skidaway Institute for the FlowCam – Flow Imaging Microscopy Blog. Read it… Read more »
UGA coastal units work to preserve a state treasure
(Published in UGA Research’s on-line magazine.) Georgia’s Atlantic seaboard stretches from the northern tip of Tybee Island to the bottom of Cumberland Island to the south. While that distance measures… Read more »
Skidaway Marine Science Day Returns – Sat. Oct 15. 12-4 pm
After a three-year hiatus, Skidaway Marine Science Day is back! Join us for this free event for all ages, on Saturday, Oct. 15, from noon to 4 p.m. on the… Read more »
Welcome to marine science! New UGA graduate students get their feet wet.
Beginning graduate students in the University of Georgia Department of Marine Sciences received a quick welcome to the field through a one-week long special course conducted at UGA Skidaway Institute… Read more »
First Hawaii project cruise a success
After two years of delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Georgia Skidaway Institute scientists participated in their first cruise of their four-year project to study how dust in… Read more »
Inaugural Semester@Skidaway kicks off
The fall semester 2022 marks a major milestone in the growth of the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute’s education mission beyond its historical role as a research laboratory. The Semester@Skidaway… Read more »