The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the impetus behind a research project at the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography to study the effects of spilled… Read more »
The crew of Skidaway Institute of Oceanography’s Research Vessel Savannah has been honored with the Gold Award in the Chancellor’s Customer Service Recognition Awards. The crew won the award in… Read more »
The Skidaway Institute of Oceanography is currently seeking applications for two faculty positions. Trace Element Geochemist – This is a faculty position at the Assistant Professor level in trace element… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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!