Tour the Earth by satellite in Evening @ Skidaway program
During the five years it has been in orbit, the SeaHawk-1 CubeSat nanosatellite has captured thousands of images of the Earth as scientists used it to study the ocean. Now… Read more »
marine biology
Marine pandemics to be focus of Evening @ Skidaway
Disease, pandemics and mass mortality events don’t affect only humans. Diseases caused by infectious agents, such as viruses, bacteria and fungi, are an important and necessary component of all healthy… Read more »
Art and science come together for a “bonus” Evening @ Skidaway program
Athens-based artist Barbara Mann has been working with metal and jewelry for more than 45 years. Her fascination with marine processes like the carbon cycle, and the role of marine… Read more »
Evening @ Skidaway Aug. 8
Harmful algal blooms focus of Evening @ Skidaway Savannah, Ga. – Harmful algal blooms (HABs) can negatively affect ecosystems along the southeastern U.S. coast, yet monitoring efforts in Georgia lag… Read more »
Harmful algal blooms focus of Evening @ Skidaway
Savannah, Ga. – Harmful algal blooms (HABs) can negatively affect ecosystems along the southeastern U.S. coast, yet monitoring efforts in Georgia lag behind those in adjacent states, meaning scientists are… Read more »
Open Lab Night, Tues., July 11
The University of Georgia UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography will present an “Open Lab Night” as part of its Evening @ Skidaway series on Tuesday, July 11. Visitors will have… Read more »
Evening @ Skidaway focuses on climate change solutions
The possibility of “seeding” the ocean with iron to mitigate global climate change will be the topic of an Evening @ Skidaway program. on Tuesday, May 9. In a talk… Read more »
UGA Skidaway Institute student presents poster at water conference
University of Georgia ocean sciences major and former Semester@Skidaway student Dillon Doomstorm presented a poster highlighting his student research at the Georgia Water Resources Conference, held at UGA March 30-31.… Read more »
New interactive aquarium exhibit explains marine life cycles
A new display at the University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant’s aquarium on Skidaway Island translates the complex life cycles of marine animals into an easily understood… Read more »
Underwater robots used to help protect endangered North Atlantic right whales
Scientists at the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and the University of South Carolina are using underwater robots and artificial intelligence to help save endangered North Atlantic right… Read more »