UGA Skidaway Inst. director Alexander interviewed for national PBS program
UGA Skidaway Institute director Clark Alexander was interviewed by a crew from the PBS series “Changing Seas” for a program focused on salt marshes.
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UGA Skidaway Institute hurricane glider back on the job
An autonomous underwater vehicle or “glider” operated by UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography is back at work, collecting data to improve hurricane forecasts. The glider, named Franklin, is operated by… Read more »
Skidaway Institute researchers receive $1 million grant to study oceanic food web
A team of University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientists has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to study the way tiny zooplankton alter… Read more »
UGA Skidaway Institute scientists featured in Woods Hole Film Festival video
A video featuring two University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientists will be screened at the Woods Hole Film Festival. “Beyond the Gulf Stream” focuses on the complex winter… Read more »
UGA Skidaway Institute scientists use cutting edge tools to track fish migrations
University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Catherine Edwards is participating in a collaborative project that will track the migration patterns of important fish species using artificial intelligence and… Read more »
New high-tech microscope to bolster UGA Skidaway Institute’s microplastics research
A new, high-tech microscope is giving scientists at the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography a tool to study the tiniest particles and organisms in our environment in a… Read more »
Black gill linked to climate change
UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography researchers may have found a link between shrimp black gill and climate change. Black gill is a condition shrimpers have blamed for devastating their shrimp… Read more »
UGA Skidaway Institute’s Edwards granted tenure
The University of Georgia has granted tenure to UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography / Department of Marine Sciences scientist Catherine Edwards. Edwards was also promoted from assistant professor to associate… Read more »
COVID-19 impacts Arctic research project
(Updated April 20, 2020) UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Chris Marsay is currently onboard an icebreaker ship that’s frozen solid in the Arctic ice cap. Marsay is part of… Read more »
Coronavirus causing change of plans for Arctic expedition
The COVID 19 pandemic may delay the return of UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Chris Marsay from the Arctic icecap. Marsay has been on board the German icebreaker Polarstern… Read more »