UGA Skidaway Institute scientist to spend winter 2020 locked in Arctic ice
Spending the Christmas holidays and the better part of January and February on a ship frozen solid in the Arctic ice cap isn’t most people’s idea of a great way… Read more »
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UGA Skidaway Institute’s 76-year-old Roebling House gets a makeover
One of the oldest buildings on Skidaway Island, the Roebling House at the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, recently received a facelift courtesy of Lowe’s community service program,… Read more »
Science Seminar: How is the Gulf of Mexico like a Teapot?
McGowan Library Auditorium UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography Joseph Kuehl, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of Delaware Description: The existence of multiple steady flow states in nonlinear fluid dynamic systems has… Read more »
Microplastics pollution focus of Evening @ Skidaway Nov. 16
Tiny pieces of plastic are so pervasive in Georgia’s coastal waters, researchers estimate there are more than a trillion microplastic particles and fibers in the top foot of the state’s… Read more »
UGA Skidaway Institute researchers study estuarine grazing activity
At 4 o’clock on a warm, humid August morning, Quintin Diou-Cass stood on a dock at the University of Georgia’s Skidaway Institute of Oceanography collecting water samples at low tide… Read more »
Microplastics and microfibers prevalent in Georgia coastal waters
There are more than a trillion microplastic particles and fibers in Georgia’s coastal waters. That is a preliminary estimate by a team of University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography… Read more »
The coast is not so clear
Note: UGA Skidaway Institute director Clark Alexander is a co-author on the project described in this article. By Julie Cohen For nearly a century, the O’Shaughnessy seawall has held back… Read more »
UGA Skidaway Institute researchers probe complex Atlantic Ocean currents
The ocean off the coast of North Carolina has a complex system of ocean currents that make it one of the least understood areas on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard. University… Read more »
Science explained for kids, teens
The Environmental Science Journal for Teens has published a new version of a previous paper in the journal PNAS on ocean chemistry and microbes that was authored by two faculty… Read more »