Off to Alaska!
Professor Marc Frischer and research technician Victoria Baylor are traveling to Point Barrow, Alaska for field work on their project to study the effects of global climate change on the… Read more »
UGA Skidaway Inst Blog
Skidaway Institute scientists differ with officials over amount of remaining oil
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientists Dick Lee and Jay Brandes have been working with other scientists from the University of Georgia and Georgia Sea Grant to ascertain the threat from… Read more »
Skidaway scientist Dana Savidge promoted
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography researcher Dana Savidge has been promoted to associate professor. A physical oceanographer, Savidge joined Skidaway Institute in 2003 as an assistant professor. Savidge studies Gulf Stream… Read more »
Catherine Edwards joins Skidaway Institute
Physical oceanographer Catherine Edwards has joined the faculty of the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography as an assistant professor. Edwards received both her bachelor’s degree in physics and her doctorate in… Read more »
Update From the Gulf Stream: No Tarballs or oil found in quick survey
Professor Jay Brandes wrote this report from a short research cruise to the Gulf Stream this past weekend. This last Friday-Saturday, I had the opportunity to tag along with a… Read more »
More on the oil spill and the Atlantic Coast
Earlier this month a group of experts from the institutions of the South Atlantic Sea Grant Program gathered at Skidaway Institute for a discussion of the Gulf of Mexico (GoM)… Read more »
Oil Spill Information Sources
Skidaway Institute scientists assembled this list of Web sites with information on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and it’s potential effect on Georgia. This is not intended to be… Read more »
Gulf Oil Spill & Georgia Update 6-11-10
Dr. Dana Savidge provides the following update on the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current and the Deep Horizon Oil Spill. At present a Loop Current Ring has separated from the… Read more »
World Ocean Day
This came somewhat of a surprise to us, but it turns out today is “World Ocean Day.” This article shows some good examples why studying the ocean is so important.
Oil Spill & Georgia – Update June 7
Dr. Dana Savidge provided some insight into the computer models (See here.) that project oil from the Gulf spill reaching the Atlantic coast. The large scale UCAR models get processes… Read more »