URI Graduate School of Oceanography
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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. 🧪
The discovery comes from sediment cores recovered during a major international expedition co-led by #URIGSO’s Becky Robinson. Researchers are now analyzing the cores in Germany to better understand the formation, evolution, and significance of this newly confirmed subseafloor freshwater system.
February 10, 2026 at 6:31 PM
The discovery comes from sediment cores recovered during a major international expedition co-led by #URIGSO’s Becky Robinson. Researchers are now analyzing the cores in Germany to better understand the formation, evolution, and significance of this newly confirmed subseafloor freshwater system.
💧 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. 🧪 🌊
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Depending on the hurricane, simulations show wave heights can drop 1–7 feet, and wave periods can shorten by 0.3–1.5 seconds—key numbers for understanding impacts on offshore and nearshore structures.
February 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Depending on the hurricane, simulations show wave heights can drop 1–7 feet, and wave periods can shorten by 0.3–1.5 seconds—key numbers for understanding impacts on offshore and nearshore structures.
Waves are most strongly reduced on the front-right side of a storm, where winds, waves, and currents are all strongest. Currents moving in the same direction as waves make them travel faster, giving them less time to grow.
February 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Waves are most strongly reduced on the front-right side of a storm, where winds, waves, and currents are all strongest. Currents moving in the same direction as waves make them travel faster, giving them less time to grow.
💨 🌊 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.
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🧊 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
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📸 : 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
Rubin is part of the “Alchemists” subgroup, which recognizes explorers who embrace creativity and inspire new ways of seeing the world through bold, interdisciplinary approaches to discovery. 🌊 🦑 🌋 🧪
🎉 Join us in congratulating Kenna on this well-deserved honor! Read more: buff.ly/9Z3SEeG
🎉 Join us in congratulating Kenna on this well-deserved honor! Read more: buff.ly/9Z3SEeG
February 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Rubin is part of the “Alchemists” subgroup, which recognizes explorers who embrace creativity and inspire new ways of seeing the world through bold, interdisciplinary approaches to discovery. 🌊 🦑 🌋 🧪
🎉 Join us in congratulating Kenna on this well-deserved honor! Read more: buff.ly/9Z3SEeG
🎉 Join us in congratulating Kenna on this well-deserved honor! Read more: buff.ly/9Z3SEeG
🌊 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. 🌊 🦑 🌋 🧪
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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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February 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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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.
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The results highlight the persistence of microplastic pollution and underscore the urgency of reducing plastic inputs to coastal systems. Read more in Environmental Science and Pollution Research: buff.ly/oZp0aTc 🌊
January 29, 2026 at 6:33 PM
The results highlight the persistence of microplastic pollution and underscore the urgency of reducing plastic inputs to coastal systems. Read more in Environmental Science and Pollution Research: buff.ly/oZp0aTc 🌊
Using sediment cores from across the Bay and Rhode Island Sound, the team found that an estimated 2,300–3,000 tonnes of microplastics have accumulated in seabed sediments over the past century. 🌊 🦑
January 29, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Using sediment cores from across the Bay and Rhode Island Sound, the team found that an estimated 2,300–3,000 tonnes of microplastics have accumulated in seabed sediments over the past century. 🌊 🦑
🌊🚨 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.
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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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❄️ 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!
Central to the study was a passive sampling device designed by Snook during his doctoral research while a trainee in URI’s STEEP Superfund Program. The study provides regulators with the data needed to take action to remediate PFAS contamination at its source & protect freshwater systems, long-term.
January 26, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Central to the study was a passive sampling device designed by Snook during his doctoral research while a trainee in URI’s STEEP Superfund Program. The study provides regulators with the data needed to take action to remediate PFAS contamination at its source & protect freshwater systems, long-term.
🌊 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.
A bird lands to rest on the CTD cable of the NOAA ship Nancy Foster during the May 2025 NF2503 expedition off the coast of Louisiana and Alabama.
#CTDAppreciationDay 🌊 🚢
#CTDAppreciationDay 🌊 🚢
January 22, 2026 at 5:01 PM
A bird lands to rest on the CTD cable of the NOAA ship Nancy Foster during the May 2025 NF2503 expedition off the coast of Louisiana and Alabama.
#CTDAppreciationDay 🌊 🚢
#CTDAppreciationDay 🌊 🚢
12 Rhode Island educators stepped into the role of shipboard scientists aboard #RVEndeavor for a three-day research cruise, steaming 100 miles out to the shelf break and back. They worked with #URIGSO scientists, crew, & marine techs to conduct CTD profiles! #CTDAppreciationDay 🌊 🚢
January 22, 2026 at 5:01 PM
12 Rhode Island educators stepped into the role of shipboard scientists aboard #RVEndeavor for a three-day research cruise, steaming 100 miles out to the shelf break and back. They worked with #URIGSO scientists, crew, & marine techs to conduct CTD profiles! #CTDAppreciationDay 🌊 🚢
Members of the MERL lab at #URIGSO documenting the spatial extent of hypoxia in Narragansett Bay near Quonset Point.
#CTDAppreciationDay 🌊 🚢
#CTDAppreciationDay 🌊 🚢
January 22, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Members of the MERL lab at #URIGSO documenting the spatial extent of hypoxia in Narragansett Bay near Quonset Point.
#CTDAppreciationDay 🌊 🚢
#CTDAppreciationDay 🌊 🚢
Summer fieldwork for the Ocean Margins Initiative (OMI) project in Ghana, co-led by #URIGSO's Melissa Omand. The new Seabird SBE 55 ECO CTD was purchased by the University of Ghana, with installation aboard the Ghanaian Navy vessel GNS AFLAO.
#CTDAppreciationDay 🌊 🚢
#CTDAppreciationDay 🌊 🚢
January 22, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Summer fieldwork for the Ocean Margins Initiative (OMI) project in Ghana, co-led by #URIGSO's Melissa Omand. The new Seabird SBE 55 ECO CTD was purchased by the University of Ghana, with installation aboard the Ghanaian Navy vessel GNS AFLAO.
#CTDAppreciationDay 🌊 🚢
#CTDAppreciationDay 🌊 🚢