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 »
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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 »
Pogo was right; the enemy is us
by Richard Jahnke Professor Emeritus Skidaway Institute of Oceanography “Unlike plagues of the dark ages or contemporary diseases we do not yet understand, the modern plague of overpopulation is soluble… Read more »
Ribbon cut — It's official!
We cut a ribbon and officially dedicated the Marine and Coastal Science Research and Instructional Center Tuesday morning. Most of the background information is in earlier posts, so her are… Read more »
‘Planet Earth in the 21st Century’ wraps up Skidaway Institute spring lecture series
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography’s spring lecture series will wrap up with a two-speaker program titled “Planet Earth in the 21st Century.” The program will be presented twice, on Monday, May… Read more »