More on teachers' workshop trip to Tybee
We had a nice story in the Savannah Morning News on Saturday about the teachers’ workshop trip to Tybee Island last week. Here is the story.
Hunting microplastics on Tybee Island
UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography’s Jay Brandes joined a group of K-12 teachers on an excursion to find microplastics in the beach sand on Tybee Island. The teacher workshop was… Read more »
Skidaway Institute joins international project to sample the world’s waters
Scientists at the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography participated in Ocean Sampling Day—an ambitious, international project to produce a single-day snapshot of microbial populations around the world. On… Read more »
Skidaway Institute participates in worldwide ocean sampling day
Scientists at the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography will join researchers around the globe in a worldwide Ocean Sampling Day on Saturday, June 21. Ocean Sampling Day is… Read more »
Senator brings Climate Road Trip to Coastal Georgia
Clark Alexander joined with a team from UGA to help educate Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse yesterday about coastal issues. Whitehouse visited Ft Pulaski here in Savannah and then traveled… Read more »
Scientists use underwater robots to excite students about science
Can underwater robots catch the imagination of middle and high school students and spark an interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics? Researchers and educators from the University of Georgia’s… Read more »
New R/V Savannah video
We just completed a new video on our Research Vessel Savannah. It is posted on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHfr05N8a9U
Interesting time-lapse video of salt marsh
We have a sampling station set up in Groves Creek on the east side of Skidaway Island as part of a salt marsh study. One added element is a time… Read more »
Sea Turtle Release Video
Here is a video of the release Delta, the loggerhead sea turtle from the Tybee Island Marine Science Center. Delta was carried to the Gulf Stream on board the R/V… Read more »
UGA Skidaway Institute assists in sea turtle release
Delta, a loggerhead sea turtle, spent the first 15 months of her life in an aquarium tank, but now she is swimming free in the Atlantic Ocean, courtesy of the… Read more »