Skidaway Institute expands coastal radar system
The Skidaway Institute of Oceanography is expanding its coastal radar system with the addition of a new send-receive station on Jekyll Island. The radar system, called WERA, is used to… Read more »
Tree thinning project in the works
We will begin a project to thin out the forest on our campus later this year. The Skidaway Institute campus consists of approximately 700 acres of mostly wooded land on… Read more »
Check out our on-campus newsletter!
We produce a monthly (mostly) newsletter that is intended for our campus community. From time to time it has some interesting tid-bits. You can check it out here.
Raising docks to new heights
Our campus “mock docks” grew a little taller today. The purpose behind this project is to measure the effects different dock designs have on the underlying salt marsh. Earlier research… Read more »
Skidaway Institute mourns loss of Professor Peter Verity
Skidaway Institute Professor Peter G. Verity died unexpectedly at his home on Thursday, December 31. Verity was a Professor of Biological Oceanography at Skidaway Institute. He received his B.A. in… Read more »
Skidaway Institute researcher maps armored shorelines
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography researcher Karrie Brinkley has spent a lot of time in recent months traveling up and down Georgia’s coastal waterways in boats and canoes with maps and… Read more »
Skidaway Institute scientists study Arctic climate change
Climate change will have profound effects on the Arctic ecosystem, and those effects may be felt around the world. Skidaway Institute of Oceanography professor Marc Frischer is launching a three-year… Read more »
Nice newspaper article
Mike Sullivan writes: Several of us spent most of last Friday taking a boat trip to one of Georgia’s undeveloped coastal islands and stomping around looking for archaeological sites that… Read more »
Winner of Annual Environmental Award Announced
This news reached us this morning from the Center for a Sustainable Coast. Congratulations to Dr. Verity! The staff and board of directors of the Center for a Sustainable Coast… Read more »
Students grow bacteria gardens
Often students grow vegetable gardens for a science project, but some local students took on an entirely different task. They grew bacteria cultures. It was one of several educational activities… Read more »