For undergraduate students interested in research, gaining hands-on experience and building a professional network are two essential components of success. For more than 15 years, faculty members at the UGA… Read more »
This spring, the Research Vessel Savannah was outfitted with a new flow-through system featuring more than a dozen instruments that continuously measure key biogeochemical parameters on the ocean’s surface as… Read more »
Every six or seven years, sand is pumped onto Tybee Island’s beaches to counteract natural erosion caused by waves, tides, wind and human activity. Since the last nourishment was completed… Read more »
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 »
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 »
The November cruise is officially complete for DolLAYER. We were able to go back to the sites where we saw the large bloom of diatoms earlier in the trip. We… Read more »
We are underway for the 7th DolLAYER cruise and the 2nd major field sampling campaign of the project (NSF Grant #2244690). On November 7, 2024, we departed Skidaway Institute of… Read more »
The UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography’s (SkIO) Skidaway Island Stable Isotope Laboratory has received and installed a new, advanced isotope ratio mass spectrometry system, enabling scientists to analyze stable isotopic… Read more »
Educators from Johnson High School plan to use what they experienced on the R/V Savannah to mold future lessons and projects. In late June, several dozen miles off the Southeast… Read more »
First-year master’s student Ashley Ohall took home a first place prize at this past spring’s 2024 Microplastics in the Coastal Region conference for her research advancing capabilities to identify microplastics… Read more »