Tag: Department of Marine Sciences
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UGA research examines fate of methane following the Deepwater Horizon spill
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout discharged roughly five million barrels of oil and up to…
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NSF grant allows UGA researchers to monitor deep-sea plumes
Deep-sea hydrothermal plumes—waters nearly two miles down in the ocean—are home to processes that effect…
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UGA leads NASA-funded study on ice sheet runoff’s impact on the ocean
Runoff from melting glaciers in West Greenland is producing dramatic changes in its ice sheet,…
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UGA researchers return to Gulf oil spill site
A team of researchers from the University of Georgia and other institutions will return to…
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Media Advisory: UGA researchers to host media day before Deepwater Horizon research trip
A team of researchers from the University of Georgia and other institutions is returning to…
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UGA scientists study how marine bacteria release cloud-making compound
University of Georgia marine scientists are uncovering the mechanisms that regulate the natural production of…
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UGA professor awarded Sloan Foundation grant
Brian Hopkinson, an assistant professor in the University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and…
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UGA researchers receive $727,000 NSF grant to study organism on Georgia’s coast
Every year around the Fourth of July, populations of a single-celled organism called Thaumarchaeota explode…
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Poison-breathing bacteria may be boon to industry, environment
Buried deep in the mud along the banks of a remote salt lake near Yosemite…
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Alber named UGA Marine Institute director
University of Georgia professor of marine sciences Merryl Alber will become director of the University…
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Skidaway Institute scientists study long-term effects of Gulf oil spill
As the Gulf Coast continues to recover from the effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon…
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UGA Skidaway Institute participates in Gliderpalooza 2013
More than a dozen underwater robotic vehicles called “gliders” will be launched simultaneously this month…
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UGA’s Samantha Joye organizes rapid response to study Hercules blowout incident
University of Georgia marine scientist Samantha Joye organized the first research effort immediately following the…
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Patricia Yager
Associate professor of marine sciences Patricia Yager has journeyed to the Antarctic, the Amazon River…
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Salty Dawg ready to set its course
UGA researcher’s robotic submersible will provide valuable data about ocean conditions and activity.
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UGA’s Salty Dawg to retrieve data from under the sea
The University of Georgia will launch its first robotic submersible later this year, joining a…
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UGA scientific divers discover 36,000-year-old Atlantic gray whale fossil
While the Atlantic gray whale was hunted to extinction by the 1700s, the Pacific or…
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NSF renews $5.8 million grant for Georgia coastal research
A consortium of universities headed by the University of Georgia will continue ecological field research…
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UGA’s Holland elected as Paleontological Society president
University of Georgia faculty member Steven Holland has been named president of the Paleontological Society.…
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Art & Science
A collaboration of arts and sciences is taking on a visual life of its own…
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Biology mural brings together sciences, art at UGA
A new “Seascape” mural at the University of Georgia will be formally unveiled Aug. 31…
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Grant will be used to study impact of Deepwater oil spill
UGA marine scientist Samantha Joye, Athletic Association Professor in Arts and Sciences, and UGA colleagues…
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UGA receives $1.3 million grant for Deepwater Horizon research
University of Georgia marine scientist Samantha Joye, who is the Athletic Association Professor in Arts…
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Georgia Sea Grant to help monitor drought impacts
Staff from UGA’s Georgia Sea Grant are working with state resource managers and coastal scientists…
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