RV Savannah overhaul funded
The Georgia General Assembly appropriated $2 million as matching funds to refit of UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography’s Research Vessel Savannah. The appropriation was included in the amended Fiscal Year… Read more »
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UGA Skidaway Institute scientist leads new international partnership
A new collaboration between the University of Georgia and a university in Spain’s Canary Islands will offer fresh opportunities for both research and education for UGA’s faculty and students. UGA… Read more »
UGA Skidaway Institute Hawaii research resumes after pandemic delay
After a pandemic-induced delay of nearly two years, scientists at the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography have started their 4-year research project to study how dust in the… Read more »
Cutting edge survey charts Georgia’s artificial reefs
Beginning in 1970, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources built a series of artificial reefs to provide habitat for marine life. However, until recently, there were gaps in some of… Read more »
Plastic pollution to be focus of Evening @ Skidaway, Nov. 9
Plastic pollution has become a defining characteristic of mankind’s imprint on the environment in this century. UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography researcher Jay Brandes will explore the issue of plastic… Read more »
UGA Skidaway Institute and NOAA join forces to improve hurricane forecasts
Scientists from the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are working together to operate a team of uncrewed marine vehicles to improve… Read more »
UGA Skidaway Institute joins ocean color nanosatellite project
Researchers at the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography have partnered with the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) and others in an ambitious project to use a dedicated… Read more »
Skidaway Institute, UGA, featured in PBS series
The University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and the UGA Marine Institute will be featured on the PBS program, “Changing Seas.” Produced by PBS South Florida affiliate WPBT, “Changing… Read more »
RV Savannah cruises through COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic threw a gigantic monkey wrench into John Bichy’s plans and expectations for a successful year for the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography’s Research Vessel Savannah.… Read more »
Evening @ Skidaway explores the challenges of studying tiniest ocean creatures
Studying marine animals can be incredibly difficult, and the smaller the creature, the more difficult it can be. University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography researcher Adam Greer will examine… Read more »