WHILE it feels like our world is shutting down, the ocean never stops. Neither does the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, the research and training institution that’s part of the University […]
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From the microscope to the open ocean at Skidaway Marine Science Day
The relatively tiny corner of ocean off of Savannah’s coast has enough mysteries to keep the biologists, chemists and geologists of the University of Georgia’s Skidaway Institute of Oceanography busy for years.
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Skidaway Institute scientist shares Gulf oil spill research grant
University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Catherine Edwards is “part of a research team that has received an $18.8 million grant to continue studies of natural oil seeps […]
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Fall Arts Preview: Festival Calendar
Oktoberfest Oct. 3-5, River Street Weiner dogs, German beer, oompah bands. And pretzels! www.riverstreetsavannah.com 33rd Annual Savannah Jazz Festival Sept. 21-27 Forsyth Park, Habersham Village, B&D Burgers Headliners Sept. 27: […]
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Skidaway Institute intern wins research prize
Candilianne Serrano Zayas, an undergraduate student who conducted her research at the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, has been rewarded for winning the Outstanding Research Paper in the […]
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UGA SkIO/MAREX educate with underwater robots
Researchers and educators from the University of Georgia’s Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and Marine Extension (MAREX) are creating an education program focused on autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), also called gliders […]
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SkIO now part of UGA
The merger of the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography with the University of Georgia, effective July 1, was initiated by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia as […]
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Documenting the meltdown
The Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO) has received a major grant to study the effects of climate change on Arctic permafrost, and how those effects could alter the entire ocean […]
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Waterworld
JUST A FEW STEPS past the lobby of the University of Georgia’s Marine Education Center and Aquarium (MECA) on Skidaway Island, visitors will soon be able to enter an underwater […]
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Rock lobster
FOR HUNDREDS of visitors to the aquarium on Skidaway Island over the years, meeting Clifford the Spiny Lobster was a highlight of the trip. For over 15 years, until this […]