Watch out for the polar bears!
Skidaway Institute research tech Victoria Baylor and grad student Zac Tait just returned to warm, sunny Skidaway Island from their first sample trip to Barrow, Alaska. Here is their account… Read more »
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1991 tritium release prompts current salt marsh research
A release of radioactive cooling water from the Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C. provided the spark for a current research project at Skidaway Institute of Oceanography. The object of… Read more »
Memorial fund for Skidaway Institute professor grows
An anonymous donor has agreed to match all donations to the Peter G. Verity Memorial Fund for Ocean and Environmental Research up to a total of $10,000. The fund was… Read more »
Skidaway Campus Notes on-line
The Winter 2010 issue of our campus newsletter, Skidaway Campus Notes, is available on-line here.
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 »