URI Graduate School of Oceanography
@urigso.bsky.social
URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography is one of the world’s premier academic institutions of oceanography and ocean exploration. An anchor of the blue economy.
🦐 What can the study of bacterial symbiosis in deep-sea shrimp tell us about the evolution of species?
New research co-authored by #URIGSO's @symbiosisrox.bsky.social studied 22 shrimp species from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps worldwide. 🧪 🌊 🦑
New research co-authored by #URIGSO's @symbiosisrox.bsky.social studied 22 shrimp species from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps worldwide. 🧪 🌊 🦑
February 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
🦐 What can the study of bacterial symbiosis in deep-sea shrimp tell us about the evolution of species?
New research co-authored by #URIGSO's @symbiosisrox.bsky.social studied 22 shrimp species from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps worldwide. 🧪 🌊 🦑
New research co-authored by #URIGSO's @symbiosisrox.bsky.social studied 22 shrimp species from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps worldwide. 🧪 🌊 🦑
🌊🧑🔬 On #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience, we’re celebrating the women shaping the future of ocean science. At #URIGSO, our women faculty, students, and staff drive discovery every day — and through our outreach, we’re inspiring the next generation of girls to be ocean leaders. 🧪
February 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
🌊🧑🔬 On #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience, we’re celebrating the women shaping the future of ocean science. At #URIGSO, our women faculty, students, and staff drive discovery every day — and through our outreach, we’re inspiring the next generation of girls to be ocean leaders. 🧪
💧 An international science team has directly documented and sampled an extensive hidden system of freshened water beneath the seafloor, providing the first detailed evidence of long-suspected offshore freshwater aquifers. 🧪 🌊
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February 10, 2026 at 6:31 PM
💧 An international science team has directly documented and sampled an extensive hidden system of freshened water beneath the seafloor, providing the first detailed evidence of long-suspected offshore freshwater aquifers. 🧪 🌊
➡️ Read more: buff.ly/u4pfTt3
➡️ Read more: buff.ly/u4pfTt3
🧪🌊 #URIGSO's @victoriafulfer.bsky.social, Ph.D. ’24, shares how sediment cores act as a time capsule of microplastic pollution in Narragansett Bay, where researchers see the highest concentrations of plastic particles, and what those findings reveal about how pollution has changed over time. ⤵
Q&A: New research from the University of Rhode Island shows that thousands of tons of microplastics have accumulated in seabeds and marshes throughout Narragansett Bay.
How Narragansett Bay became a sink for thousands of tons of microplastics - The Boston Globe
Using sediment cores, University of Rhode Island researchers studied the “exponential” growth of microplastics in the water from the 1940s to now.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:39 PM
🧪🌊 #URIGSO's @victoriafulfer.bsky.social, Ph.D. ’24, shares how sediment cores act as a time capsule of microplastic pollution in Narragansett Bay, where researchers see the highest concentrations of plastic particles, and what those findings reveal about how pollution has changed over time. ⤵
💨 🌊 Strong currents can shrink hurricane waves
#URIGSO researchers used advanced computer simulations to reveal how hurricane-driven ocean currents reduce both the height and dominant period of hurricane surface waves.
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#URIGSO researchers used advanced computer simulations to reveal how hurricane-driven ocean currents reduce both the height and dominant period of hurricane surface waves.
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February 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
💨 🌊 Strong currents can shrink hurricane waves
#URIGSO researchers used advanced computer simulations to reveal how hurricane-driven ocean currents reduce both the height and dominant period of hurricane surface waves.
🔬 Read more: buff.ly/oADq5mN
#URIGSO researchers used advanced computer simulations to reveal how hurricane-driven ocean currents reduce both the height and dominant period of hurricane surface waves.
🔬 Read more: buff.ly/oADq5mN
🧊 Another cold weekend ahead... stay warm, Rams!
❄️ Watch the snow roll in on our pier webcam: buff.ly/jz3QxkN
📸 : Moonrise on 2/2/2026 over Newport with the bow of #RVEndeavor and small ice floes in Narragansett Bay, off the #URIGSO pier. Photo by Veronica Berounsky
❄️ Watch the snow roll in on our pier webcam: buff.ly/jz3QxkN
📸 : Moonrise on 2/2/2026 over Newport with the bow of #RVEndeavor and small ice floes in Narragansett Bay, off the #URIGSO pier. Photo by Veronica Berounsky
February 6, 2026 at 7:22 PM
🧊 Another cold weekend ahead... stay warm, Rams!
❄️ Watch the snow roll in on our pier webcam: buff.ly/jz3QxkN
📸 : Moonrise on 2/2/2026 over Newport with the bow of #RVEndeavor and small ice floes in Narragansett Bay, off the #URIGSO pier. Photo by Veronica Berounsky
❄️ Watch the snow roll in on our pier webcam: buff.ly/jz3QxkN
📸 : Moonrise on 2/2/2026 over Newport with the bow of #RVEndeavor and small ice floes in Narragansett Bay, off the #URIGSO pier. Photo by Veronica Berounsky
🌊 We’re thrilled to share that #URIGSO’s @kennarubin.bsky.social has been named an Explorers Club 50 (EC50) honoree!
Each year, the @theexplorersclub.bsky.social recognizes fifty extraordinary people advancing science & exploration across the globe. 🌊 🦑 🌋 🧪
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Each year, the @theexplorersclub.bsky.social recognizes fifty extraordinary people advancing science & exploration across the globe. 🌊 🦑 🌋 🧪
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February 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
🌊 We’re thrilled to share that #URIGSO’s @kennarubin.bsky.social has been named an Explorers Club 50 (EC50) honoree!
Each year, the @theexplorersclub.bsky.social recognizes fifty extraordinary people advancing science & exploration across the globe. 🌊 🦑 🌋 🧪
➡️ Read more: buff.ly/9Z3SEeG
Each year, the @theexplorersclub.bsky.social recognizes fifty extraordinary people advancing science & exploration across the globe. 🌊 🦑 🌋 🧪
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#URIGSO Professor Isaac Ginis and his colleagues in URI Marine Affairs are helping advance how emergency managers prepare for major coastal storms, using advanced forecasting tools and Department of Homeland Security–standard emergency management exercises.
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February 4, 2026 at 8:03 PM
#URIGSO Professor Isaac Ginis and his colleagues in URI Marine Affairs are helping advance how emergency managers prepare for major coastal storms, using advanced forecasting tools and Department of Homeland Security–standard emergency management exercises.
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🛥️📊 These first-year undergrads spent the fall on Narragansett Bay learning boat handling, knot tying, sensor deployment, & real-time data analysis. #URIGSO students supported fieldwork, dove to retrieve instruments, and guided students through MATLAB & data interpretation for their final projects.
February 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
🛥️📊 These first-year undergrads spent the fall on Narragansett Bay learning boat handling, knot tying, sensor deployment, & real-time data analysis. #URIGSO students supported fieldwork, dove to retrieve instruments, and guided students through MATLAB & data interpretation for their final projects.
🌿🌊 #WorldWetlandsDay
A recent #URIGSO-led study analyzed 23,000+ sediment samples and found a key gap in a common method for measuring carbon in salt marshes. Addressing this gap is essential for understanding marsh resilience and for guiding blue carbon strategies.
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A recent #URIGSO-led study analyzed 23,000+ sediment samples and found a key gap in a common method for measuring carbon in salt marshes. Addressing this gap is essential for understanding marsh resilience and for guiding blue carbon strategies.
➡️ Read more: buff.ly/T2ubRtp
February 2, 2026 at 7:55 PM
🌿🌊 #WorldWetlandsDay
A recent #URIGSO-led study analyzed 23,000+ sediment samples and found a key gap in a common method for measuring carbon in salt marshes. Addressing this gap is essential for understanding marsh resilience and for guiding blue carbon strategies.
➡️ Read more: buff.ly/T2ubRtp
A recent #URIGSO-led study analyzed 23,000+ sediment samples and found a key gap in a common method for measuring carbon in salt marshes. Addressing this gap is essential for understanding marsh resilience and for guiding blue carbon strategies.
➡️ Read more: buff.ly/T2ubRtp
🚢 🔊 What’s it really like to live & work aboard a research vessel? In this episode of the Oceanography pod, #RVEndeavor ops manager Brendan Thornton & captain Chris Arminetti reflect on nearly 50 years of life at sea and retiring a ship with over a million miles in her wake.
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January 30, 2026 at 4:04 PM
🚢 🔊 What’s it really like to live & work aboard a research vessel? In this episode of the Oceanography pod, #RVEndeavor ops manager Brendan Thornton & captain Chris Arminetti reflect on nearly 50 years of life at sea and retiring a ship with over a million miles in her wake.
🎧: buff.ly/BbUUkU7
🎧: buff.ly/BbUUkU7
🌊🚨 New research on #microplastics in Narragansett Bay
#URIGSO researcher Victoria Fulfer, Ph.D. ’24, and Professor J.P. Walsh have published a new study documenting exponential growth in microplastic pollution in Narragansett Bay since the 1940s.
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#URIGSO researcher Victoria Fulfer, Ph.D. ’24, and Professor J.P. Walsh have published a new study documenting exponential growth in microplastic pollution in Narragansett Bay since the 1940s.
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January 29, 2026 at 6:32 PM
🌊🚨 New research on #microplastics in Narragansett Bay
#URIGSO researcher Victoria Fulfer, Ph.D. ’24, and Professor J.P. Walsh have published a new study documenting exponential growth in microplastic pollution in Narragansett Bay since the 1940s.
➡️ buff.ly/oZp0aTc
#URIGSO researcher Victoria Fulfer, Ph.D. ’24, and Professor J.P. Walsh have published a new study documenting exponential growth in microplastic pollution in Narragansett Bay since the 1940s.
➡️ buff.ly/oZp0aTc
❄️ Snowy scenes from URI’s Bay Campus as we welcome students back for their second week of the semester. Stay warm, Rams!
January 27, 2026 at 6:44 PM
❄️ Snowy scenes from URI’s Bay Campus as we welcome students back for their second week of the semester. Stay warm, Rams!
🌊 PFAS in the Pawcatuck River: A new study led by #URIGSO alum Jarod Snook, & co-authored by members of the Lohmann Lab, has identified long-term sources of PFAS (“forever chemicals”) entering the Pawcatuck River from two historically contaminated textile mill waste ponds in Bradford & Westerly, RI.
January 26, 2026 at 3:58 PM
🌊 PFAS in the Pawcatuck River: A new study led by #URIGSO alum Jarod Snook, & co-authored by members of the Lohmann Lab, has identified long-term sources of PFAS (“forever chemicals”) entering the Pawcatuck River from two historically contaminated textile mill waste ponds in Bradford & Westerly, RI.
🌊 🚢 Happy #CTDAppreciationDay! The #CTD measures conductivity, temperature, and depth, and supports countless #URIGSO research efforts! ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
📸 #URIGSO student Alyssa Tsukada collecting weekly data for the Narragansett Bay Long-Term Plankton Monitoring program on the Cap’n Bert, in the snow!
📸 #URIGSO student Alyssa Tsukada collecting weekly data for the Narragansett Bay Long-Term Plankton Monitoring program on the Cap’n Bert, in the snow!
January 22, 2026 at 5:01 PM
🌊 🚢 Happy #CTDAppreciationDay! The #CTD measures conductivity, temperature, and depth, and supports countless #URIGSO research efforts! ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
📸 #URIGSO student Alyssa Tsukada collecting weekly data for the Narragansett Bay Long-Term Plankton Monitoring program on the Cap’n Bert, in the snow!
📸 #URIGSO student Alyssa Tsukada collecting weekly data for the Narragansett Bay Long-Term Plankton Monitoring program on the Cap’n Bert, in the snow!
🦪 What does it take to understand oyster health in Narragansett Bay?
For 18 months, #URIGSO student Jacqueline Rosa tracked how water quality and farming methods affect oysters in Narragansett Bay. 🌊 🦑
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For 18 months, #URIGSO student Jacqueline Rosa tracked how water quality and farming methods affect oysters in Narragansett Bay. 🌊 🦑
🔗 Read the story: buff.ly/KKx9XSW
January 20, 2026 at 8:26 PM
🦪 What does it take to understand oyster health in Narragansett Bay?
For 18 months, #URIGSO student Jacqueline Rosa tracked how water quality and farming methods affect oysters in Narragansett Bay. 🌊 🦑
🔗 Read the story: buff.ly/KKx9XSW
For 18 months, #URIGSO student Jacqueline Rosa tracked how water quality and farming methods affect oysters in Narragansett Bay. 🌊 🦑
🔗 Read the story: buff.ly/KKx9XSW
Today, we reflect on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose vision of using knowledge and innovation to improve life for all humankind continues to inspire. Let us honor his legacy by striving for unity, equity, and a brighter future for all.
January 19, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Today, we reflect on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose vision of using knowledge and innovation to improve life for all humankind continues to inspire. Let us honor his legacy by striving for unity, equity, and a brighter future for all.
❄️ The latest issue of #AboardGSO is landing in mailboxes now!
🚢 Inside: the retirement of #RVEndeavor, the many ways #URIGSO researchers study phytoplankton, and how our Small Boats Program supports both science and student learning at GSO.
🚢 Inside: the retirement of #RVEndeavor, the many ways #URIGSO researchers study phytoplankton, and how our Small Boats Program supports both science and student learning at GSO.
January 16, 2026 at 6:47 PM
❄️ The latest issue of #AboardGSO is landing in mailboxes now!
🚢 Inside: the retirement of #RVEndeavor, the many ways #URIGSO researchers study phytoplankton, and how our Small Boats Program supports both science and student learning at GSO.
🚢 Inside: the retirement of #RVEndeavor, the many ways #URIGSO researchers study phytoplankton, and how our Small Boats Program supports both science and student learning at GSO.
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Applications open TODAY! Don't miss the opportunity to spend a week in June with us during the 28th Annual Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists (AWJ)! This year's theme: Pollution, Plastics and PFAS. Apply by Feb. 16! @urigso.bsky.social
web.uri.edu/metcalf/awj/
web.uri.edu/metcalf/awj/
January 15, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Applications open TODAY! Don't miss the opportunity to spend a week in June with us during the 28th Annual Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists (AWJ)! This year's theme: Pollution, Plastics and PFAS. Apply by Feb. 16! @urigso.bsky.social
web.uri.edu/metcalf/awj/
web.uri.edu/metcalf/awj/
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Our winter transect cruise is underway on the RV Armstrong. Our team will spend 5 days stitching a line across the Northeast US Shelf sampling the winter ecosystem. Fair wind & seas with mild temps for the crew! @whoi.edu @urigso.bsky.social @wellesley.edu @smast @uslter.bsky.social Thank you #nsf
January 14, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Our winter transect cruise is underway on the RV Armstrong. Our team will spend 5 days stitching a line across the Northeast US Shelf sampling the winter ecosystem. Fair wind & seas with mild temps for the crew! @whoi.edu @urigso.bsky.social @wellesley.edu @smast @uslter.bsky.social Thank you #nsf
🌊 Ten URI undergraduate students spent their January term on San Salvador Island, Bahamas, as part of a class called Coastal Processes, Changes and Challenges in the Tropics, led by #URIGSO’s J.P. Walsh & Chris Damon of URI CELS Environmental Data Center (EDC).
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January 13, 2026 at 3:24 PM
🌊 Ten URI undergraduate students spent their January term on San Salvador Island, Bahamas, as part of a class called Coastal Processes, Changes and Challenges in the Tropics, led by #URIGSO’s J.P. Walsh & Chris Damon of URI CELS Environmental Data Center (EDC).
➡️ Explore the blog: buff.ly/COOCsO7
➡️ Explore the blog: buff.ly/COOCsO7
🌊 🚨 Did you catch this? "An Upgraded Alvin Puts New Ocean Depths Within Reach," written by #URIGSO's @kennarubin.bsky.social & Adam Soule with @whoi.edu's Anna P. M. Michel, was named an Editor’s Favorite for 2025 by AGU's @eos.org 🌊
➡️ Check out the roundup: eos.org/articles/our...
➡️ Check out the roundup: eos.org/articles/our...
Our Favorite Science Stories of 2025 - Eos
What Earth and space science stories stood out this year?
eos.org
January 12, 2026 at 5:29 PM
🌊 🚨 Did you catch this? "An Upgraded Alvin Puts New Ocean Depths Within Reach," written by #URIGSO's @kennarubin.bsky.social & Adam Soule with @whoi.edu's Anna P. M. Michel, was named an Editor’s Favorite for 2025 by AGU's @eos.org 🌊
➡️ Check out the roundup: eos.org/articles/our...
➡️ Check out the roundup: eos.org/articles/our...
Rhode Island Sea Grant is offering an intermediate-level aquaculture training course titled “Beyond the Basics for Businesses and Practitioners.” The 12-session course will be held virtually & at the URI Coastal Institute on the Bay Campus on Tuesdays from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., starting January 20.
January 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Rhode Island Sea Grant is offering an intermediate-level aquaculture training course titled “Beyond the Basics for Businesses and Practitioners.” The 12-session course will be held virtually & at the URI Coastal Institute on the Bay Campus on Tuesdays from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., starting January 20.
🦪 #URIGSO M.S. student Jacque Rosa is exploring how water quality, particularly carbonate chemistry, & aquaculture gear influence oyster health, growth, and productivity in Narragansett Bay. Over 18 months, her fieldwork with two local oyster farms included 127 water samples & nearly 3,000 oysters.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
🦪 #URIGSO M.S. student Jacque Rosa is exploring how water quality, particularly carbonate chemistry, & aquaculture gear influence oyster health, growth, and productivity in Narragansett Bay. Over 18 months, her fieldwork with two local oyster farms included 127 water samples & nearly 3,000 oysters.
During the AGU Meeting in December, #URIGSO’s Holly Morin and Kenna Rubin toured the construction site of NSF’s Regional Class Research Vessels in Houma, Louisiana. The visit offered an inside look at three new UNOLS ships, including GSO’s next-generation RCRV Narragansett Dawn.
January 5, 2026 at 8:53 PM
During the AGU Meeting in December, #URIGSO’s Holly Morin and Kenna Rubin toured the construction site of NSF’s Regional Class Research Vessels in Houma, Louisiana. The visit offered an inside look at three new UNOLS ships, including GSO’s next-generation RCRV Narragansett Dawn.