UGA Skidaway Inst. director Alexander interviewed for national PBS program
UGA Skidaway Institute director Clark Alexander was interviewed by a crew from the PBS series “Changing Seas” for a program focused on salt marshes.
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UGA Skidaway Institute underwater gliders contribute to hurricane forecasts
The U.S. Navy and the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography are teaming up this summer to track hurricanes. The collaboration is part of a larger project that includes… Read more »
UGA Skidaway Institute hurricane glider back on the job
An autonomous underwater vehicle or “glider” operated by UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography is back at work, collecting data to improve hurricane forecasts. The glider, named Franklin, is operated by… Read more »
Skidaway Institute researchers receive $1 million grant to study oceanic food web
A team of University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientists has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to study the way tiny zooplankton alter… Read more »
UGA Skidaway Institute scientists featured in Woods Hole Film Festival video
A video featuring two University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientists will be screened at the Woods Hole Film Festival. “Beyond the Gulf Stream” focuses on the complex winter… Read more »
New weather station goes online
UGA Skidaway Institute’s new weather station became operational in early May. The weather station includes a 30-foot-tall tower on the pier at Priests Landing.
Scientific serendipity: Researchers make surprising finding on ocean’s ‘thin layers’
Sometimes scientists start out researching one subject, but along the way, they come across something else even more interesting. This is what happened to University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of… Read more »
COVID delayed Arctic researchers head home
UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Chris Marsay is currently onboard an icebreaker ship which, until last week, was frozen solid in the Arctic ice cap. Marsay is part of… Read more »
UGA Skidaway Institute scientists use cutting edge tools to track fish migrations
University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Catherine Edwards is participating in a collaborative project that will track the migration patterns of important fish species using artificial intelligence and… Read more »
New high-tech microscope to bolster UGA Skidaway Institute’s microplastics research
A new, high-tech microscope is giving scientists at the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography a tool to study the tiniest particles and organisms in our environment in a… Read more »