Marc Frischer on morning radio program Thursday & Friday
Dr. Marc Frischer was a guest on the WTKS Radio morning show this morning to talk about black gill in shrimp. Thanks to Bill Edwards and Laura Picone for the… Read more »
Science
UGA Skidaway Institute scientists study role of sunlight on marine carbon dioxide production
Scientists at the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography have received a $527,000 grant from the National Science Foundation Chemical Oceanography Program to answer one of the long-standing questions… Read more »
VIDEO – The climate change issue you probably haven't heard about
The soil in the Arctic holds a massive store of carbon. These remnants of plants and animals that lived tens of thousands of years ago have been locked in permafost,… Read more »
Savannah newspaper article features UGA Skidaway Institute and R/V Savannah
The Savannah Morning News published a nice article over the weekend on the Rivers to Reefs teacher development program produced by Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary. Although the Rivers to… Read more »
UGA Skidaway Institute receives funding for regional glider network
University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography researcher Catherine Edwards is leading a team that has received a five-year, $750,000 grant from the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association, or… Read more »
Black gill article in Savannah Morning News
Here is a nice article by Mary Landers of the Savannah Morning News updating our black gill research.
Black gill TV story
We had a cruise yesterday that had two purposes — to collect data and samples for the black gill research project, and also to provide a group of K-12 teachers… Read more »
A surprise catch
Here’s something you don’t see every day. While we were trawling for shrimp in Wassaw Sound on board the Research Vessel Savannah, a young loggerhead sea turtle got caught up… Read more »
Teachers join UGA Skidaway Institute research cruises
JoCasta Green became a teacher after she was told as a child she couldn’t be a scientist because she was a girl. In May, the pre-K teacher from Decatur, Georgia,… Read more »