And then a turtle started messin' with it…
Mary Landers from the Savannah Morning News wrote a cute story for the front page of yesterday’s paper about this love sick loggerhead. Click on the picture to read the… Read more »
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Young loggerhead sea turtle to make public debut at Skidaway Marine Science Day
In August of last year, a tiny loggerhead sea turtle was born on Ossabaw Island. Unlike his brothers and sisters, he wasn’t able make his way to the ocean. Fortunately… Read more »
Berger's co-authors paper in Marine Biology
Stella Berger is one of the co-authors of a paper published recently in the journal, Marine Biology. The project studied the effect climate change has on the timing and magnitude… Read more »
Slash-and-burn activities source of oceanic black carbon
For years, “slash-and-burn” techniques were used to clear Brazil’s massive Atlantic Forest. Although the large-scale burning was halted in 1973, the black carbon left behind from those forest fires is… Read more »
Teacher At Sea
One of the participants in NOAA’s Teacher at Sea program spent some time on board the R/V Savannah this summer. Her blog makes for some interesting reading and nice description… Read more »
Gator in the pool
Skidaway Institute had an unexpected visitor this morning. This guy showed up in the old Roebling swimming pool. We’re not sure how he got there. He probably fell in while… Read more »
Nice newspaper article!
Mary Landers from the Savannah Morning News wrote a nice article on our marine plastics project.It appeared on the front page of Sunday’s issue. Thanks, Mary!
News media trip to Wassaw Island
We took several reporters to Wassaw Island this week for a story on marine plastic debris. We’ve seen two TV stories thus far and expect a story in the Savannah… Read more »
Teachers at sea
It has been a busy summer on board the R/V Savannah. One cruise involved some teachers, who blogged about their experience. This is fairly interesting.
Plastics pollution a widespread problem on the Georgia Coast
No part of the Georgia coast is protected from pollution by plastics and other marine debris. That is one finding of a study conducted by Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientists… Read more »