#URIGSO's Melissa Omand is using AI to uncover the chemical makeup of “marine snow,” tiny particles that drift through the ocean. The team is collecting images & physical samples across four regions: coastal Ghana, the equatorial Atlantic, the New England shelf, & the California Current.

Reading the ocean’s snowflakes: How AI decodes marine snow

GSO Research Professor Melissa Omand leads NSF-funded project testing whether underwater images can reveal the chemical composition of marine snow

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"Reed, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee and a member of the Appropriations Committee, has pointed to the station’s proximity to the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography as part of the case for the move." 💪 🌊

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NOAA’s Atlantic fleet command moves to Newport in January; Reed tours $147M complex at Naval Station

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Elin Torell on her new role as Interim Director of GSO Research! Part of the URI community since 2002, she most recently served as director of the Coastal Institute & PI of the NSF-funded Rhode Island Network for Excellence in Science and Technology (RI-NEST).

🌊 Meet R/V Warfish! A traditional 45-foot Downeast-style lobster boat, Warfish is equipped for coastal oceanography & supports research throughout Narragansett Bay & the Sounds. Today, Warfish hosted a demonstration of AUV acoustic navigation & tracking off Jamestown, sponsored by NOAA OECI.

🦪 A new @ecorinews.bsky.social story featuring insight from two GSO-connected experts, Jacque Rosa & Robbie Hudson, takes a closer look at RI’s oyster farming industry, from the gear farmers use to the push-and-pull between aquaculture and other coastal uses. 🌊 🦑 ➡️ buff.ly/nVOgqXc

What Does It Take to Get that Oyster on Your Plate? Specialized Gear, Hard Work - ecoRI News

Water quality and type of gear, among other factors, decide what that oyster on your plate tastes like.

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URI's Deep Autonomous Profiler (DAP) is a lander/water-column profiler that collects measurements & samples from the deep ocean. It can measure temperature, salinity, oxygen, & density; capture video; record sound; & collect water samples throughout the water column or while resting on the seafloor.

This week, #URIGSO hosted URI research administrators on the Narragansett Bay Campus. These professionals support faculty research in myriad ways, so it was great to show them firsthand how their crucial work makes ocean research, exploration, and discovery possible.

🎣 From Fish Trawl Assistant to the leadership of NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center Narragansett Laboratory: Meet #URIGSO alum Anna Mercer ’15, Ph.D., whose career has been built on collaboration and communication. 🌊 Read Anna’s story & how GSO shaped her career: buff.ly/dI2RGEb

🦞It's #NationalLobsterDay! Through collaboration with the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation, #URIGSO students get to spend time offshore with local fishermen, collecting data on American lobster & contributing to research that helps us better understand/steward this important marine resource.

Congrats to Dr. Colleen Mouw on her new role as Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at #URIGSO! Dr. Mouw earned both her M.S. & Ph.D. in Oceanography here & has been a faculty member for the past decade. She previously served as both Acting Dean & Associate Dean of the URI Graduate School.

Check out eukCHARMer, the new tool coming out of the Beinart Lab @symbiosisrox.bsky.social @urigso.bsky.social !! github.com/aschrecengos... (1/5)

🌊 🌀 What can more than 60 years of beach survey data tell us about coastal change in RI? With a nor’easter coming this weekend, it’s a timely question. Since 1962, #URIGSO researchers have monitored beaches along our southern coast, documenting shoreline change and how they respond to severe storms.

🌧️ ☹️ UPDATE: Due to the strong nor’easter forecast to impact Rhode Island this weekend, we made the difficult decision to postpone Science Saturday. We're sad that we won’t see lots of smiling ocean fans this Saturday, but look forward to welcoming you to our campus soon. Stay tuned for updates!

When your undergraduate research assistantship sends you to remote Alaska... 🏔️🌊 For URI undergraduate Lilah Saunders, working as a research assistant in #URIGSO Professor Erin Peck’s MUD Lab meant an unforgettable fieldwork experience alongside a team of researchers in Alaska.

On this week's episode, researcher Emmanuel Oyewole at @urigso.bsky.social explains to Possibly that offshore wind turbines appear to be providing new ecosystems for Jonah crabs. Find out more wherever you get your podcasts or at the link below. www.oceanstatemedia.org/possibly/202...

Are offshore wind turbines helping New England’s crab population?

Researcher Emmanuel Oyewole explains to Possibly that offshore wind turbines appear to be providing new ecosystems for Jonah crabs

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🔉 This morning on @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social Possibly Podcast, #URIGSO student Emmanuel Oyewole discusses his research exploring how offshore wind projects affect Jonah crab populations and what the findings could mean for Rhode Island’s fisheries. 🌊 🦑 @askpossibly.bsky.social ➡️ buff.ly/FFf5SRH

Are offshore wind turbines helping New England’s crab population? - TPR: The Public's Radio

Researcher Emmanuel Oyewole explains to Possibly that offshore wind turbines appear to be providing new ecosystems for Jonah crabs.

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🌊 Check out the length of this deep-sea sponge! Spotted by the ROVs aboard E/V Nautilus more than 4,700 meters below the surface in the southwest region of the Wake Island EEZ, this Caulophacus glass sponge is home to several deep-sea associates. 🦑 🧪

#Throwback to #URIGSO's first boat burning, September 1964! ⛵️🔥 M.S. student Donald Gordon owned an old sailboat, the Osprey, which was beyond repair. He offered it to the #URIGSO Chowder and Marching Society for a bonfire at a picnic they were hosting to welcome new students.

The fall 2026 semester is officially underway🐏 🌊 💙 Happy first day of classes! We’re excited for another year of learning, research, and community on the URI Bay Campus. 🌊

🌊 #URIGSO marine researcher Mary Klimaszewski and Professor J.P. Walsh are proud to support @Orchard and the NOAA Marine Debris Program with the first nationwide marine debris survey! ➡️ Learn more about the survey here: buff.ly/atrwaDu

Friday check-in! 🦀 On a scale of seafloor invertebrates, how are you feeling today? Drop your number below 👇 📸 Photo credit: NOAA Digital Archives

🌊 The Synergy Project returns to Studio Blue at the URI Narragansett Bay Campus with Environmental Currents: Art and Science Explore Our Changing World. The new exhibition brings together artwork inspired by research from #URIGSO, URI CELS, and WHOI. Read more: buff.ly/gCp2IB1

🌾 Pairing Louisiana’s deltaic wetlands with Rhode Island’s salt marshes, a new project seeks to compare wetland resilience across the two states. URI recently received a $4 million NSF grant to co-lead a collaboration with LSU to improve coastal wetland management in both states.

#URIGSO hosted an exciting youth advocacy training workshop with Sea Youth & World Ocean Day! Young RI ocean leaders from The Ocean Project's inaugural Ocean State Rising Youth Advisory Board gathered on the Bay Campus to learn effective communication strategies & how to engage with decision-makers.

The best part of Science Saturday? Ocean science in action! 🌊🧪🐙 Meet the researchers studying our ocean and coasts, see the equipment they use, and learn about marine exploration, discovery, science, and management through interactive activities and exhibits.

🌊 From the Bay Campus to the middle of the Pacific! The URI Undergraduate Admission team recently visited the Bay Campus and got a firsthand glimpse of what it’s like to do ocean science at sea through a special ship-to-shore interaction hosted by the URI Inner Space Center.

🐟 Mystery catch! Can you name this rare species, caught this week during #URIGSO’s Fish Trawl Survey? For 60 years, GSO researchers have trawled Narragansett Bay to track the seasonal occurrences of migratory fish populations, and every once in a while, a warm-water visitor like this one turns up.

🌊🏊 A Bay Campus tradition lives on: The 47th Dutch Island Swim! On Tuesday, 70 #URIGSO graduates, faculty, staff, students, & friends took to the water, setting out from the beach at the bottom of South Ferry Road for a 1-mile swim across the West Passage of Narragansett Bay to Dutch Island.

Researchers have identified the source of oxygen sustaining deep-sea life in the North Atlantic: the churning waters of the Labrador Sea. Led by Una Miller, former #URIGSO postdoc and URI's @jaimepalter.bsky.social, the study reveals the region's critical role in transporting O₂ into the deep ocean.

Life in the deep Atlantic depends on the Labrador Sea

URI Graduate School of Oceanography researchers have pinpointed the source of oxygen that sustains deep sea life in the North Atlantic Ocean: the churning waters in the Labrador Sea. A new study publi...

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Across the URI Bay Campus, scientists & artists are collaborating to create new ways to connect people with ocean research. Not only do these projects broaden the audience outside those who are reading a scientific journal, but the collaborative creative process changes the collaborators, too. 🌊