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UGA Skidaway Institute scientist Jay Brandes discusses marine plastics at the congressional briefing. He was joined on the panel by John Racanelli, president and CEO of the National Aquarium (center), and Scott DeFife, vice president of government affairs of the Plastics Industry Association.

UGA Skidaway Institute scientist participates in congressional briefing on plastic pollution

Savannah, Ga.

Catherine Edwards inspecting a glider at Gliderpalooza 2013

Catherine Edwards Studies Hurricanes in Real Time

Catherine Edwards, a researcher at the UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, has worked tirelessly to establish a 5- university consortium in order to use robots to better understand hurricanes.

The R/V Savannah

R/V Savannah Rescues Two Men

The R/V Savannah rescued two fishermen while on a routine research expedition on June 8th.

Carolina with fellow grad students and advisor

Successful Thesis Defense for Carolina Ernani da Silva

Carolina Ernani da Silva successfully defended her Master's thesis- titled "Mississippi River Plume Variability in the Gulf of Mexico based on MODIS-Aqua and SMAP observations"- on Friday. After this, her plans are to navigate Dutch waters while wor

Theresa the Trash Monster

The Trash Monster Visits Marine Science Again

Previously, UGA's Ocean Initiative Club created a trash monster using items gathered throughout campus (the full story on that can be viewed here.) This time, ECOGIG tried their hand at creating a one of

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