🌊 From the smallest organisms to top predators, ocean life depends on phytoplankton. But new research from #URIGSO's Keisuke Inomura & colleagues shows climate change could make them less nutritious, potentially reshaping marine food webs. ➡️ Read more from MIT: news.mit.edu/2026/climate...

🪸 Members of the Marine Ecology & Technology Lab are off the coast of Louisiana & Mississippi, deploying and recovering ALBEX seafloor landers to track long-term conditions near deep-sea corals. 🌊 🦑 🧪 This work supports Gulf restoration following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: buff.ly/5229YMN

Dozens of state leaders and hundreds of URI students, faculty, and staff celebrated the University’s success and impact during URI Day at the State House. Representing #URIGSO, J.P. Walsh’s COAST Lab shared locally relevant research on microplastics & long-term shoreline change. ➡️ buff.ly/YCjQyg2

Congrats to #URIGSO's Emmanuel Oyewole, who has received the Nature Conservancy-URI Student Research Award! His work examines whether artificial reef effects of offshore wind infrastructure boost local biological production or concentrate existing marine biomass from surrounding fishing grounds 🌊 🦑

📖 Looking for an obscure paper, resources to support your research, an old cruise report, or just a beautiful spot to study with views of Narragansett Bay? Six miles east of URI's Kingston campus sits the Pell Marine Science Library at the URI Bay Campus!

Are you interested in climate change, fisheries & marine resource management? 🌊 🐟 Then I highly recommend recent paper by Malin Pinsky @ucscscience.bsky.social and Sarah Smith @universityofri.bsky.social @urigso.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🌊 The Blue MBA — the first program of its kind in the U.S. — just got even better. Now fully online, URI's interdisciplinary program blends business, oceanography, and marine affairs to prepare you for a career in the growing blue economy. Enrolling now for Fall 2026: buff.ly/SOWvi5t

🌊 #URIGSO's Long-Term Plankton Time Series is one of the most valuable continuous records of ocean ecosystem change in the world. Each week, researchers head out on Narragansett Bay to collect samples that track shifts in plankton communities, nutrient cycles, & the health of our changing ocean. 🦑🧪

Happy St. Patrick's Day from #RVEndeavor! 🌈 ⚓ 2,000 nautical miles from Narragansett, the fog finally lifted off North Carolina, and the crew was treated to this brilliant rainbow. Clearer days ahead! ☘️

🌊 🤝 For #URIGSO student Jacque Rosa, collaboration is at the heart of ocean conservation, from partnering with oyster farmers to shape research questions that are most impactful to their work to engaging vulnerable coastal communities whose first-person perspectives can drive real solutions.

🌊 Rhode Island Sea Grant, based at #URIGSO, will lead a new Island Resilience Cohort that brings together municipal leaders, planners, & community orgs from Aquidneck Island, Conanicut Island, Block Island, Prudence Island, & Hog Island. ➡️ Supporting RI's island communities: buff.ly/tMfNyUO

I'm buzzing since yesterday's @urigso.bsky.social Fish Lecture -- named for a family with surname Fish, not (always) about the animals. The speaker was a career-long leader in coastal resilience and urban planning, Janey Bavishi, and she inspired me in at least 3 ways (1/5)

🚤 At #URIGSO, scientists rely on a fleet of small boats to support hands-on research and education on the water. They're used for sampling, instrument maintenance, and diving operations in Narragansett Bay. They also support classes, labs, and research for students. Meet the fleet: buff.ly/60ws61S

🌊 Tonight, GSO welcomes Jainey Bavishi, expert on climate adaptation and resilience, for a fireside chat with J.P. Walsh. They’ll explore how equity, local leadership, and civic collaboration are shaping the future of climate resilience. 💻 Tune into the livestream! www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSbp...

🌊 A new #URIGSO-led study shows that millions of people along India’s coast are living on land that is sinking faster than previously recognized. Using eight years of satellite data, researchers created the first national-scale assessment of land subsidence along India’s coasts. 🔗 : buff.ly/bZl7tlC

Wonderful memories sailing with Endeavour 💕🌊 thank you (also, best food of all UNOLS vessels)

My son was only 4 months old when i was a chief scientist aboard R/V Endeavour. This is a photo of two of us when i returned from the cruise with the lady in the background... That was the first ship he visited in his life 💕

🚢 After 50 years of service, R/V Endeavor departed Narragansett for the final time. From its home port at URI's Bay Campus, the ship carried thousands of scientists, students, engineers, and technicians to sea, supporting 736 research cruises and traveling more than one million miles. 🌊 🧪

Handing over the watch ⚓ On March 6, #URIGSO hosted a ceremony marking the transfer of the Order of the Ancient Albatross, an honor held by the oldest operating ship in the UNOLS fleet, from the R/V Endeavor to the R/V Robert Gordon Sproul of Scripps Institution of Oceanography. 🚢 🌊

#URIGSO recently hosted an Ocean Workforce Career Fair with URI Ocean Engineering, bringing 21 employers to the Bay Campus. Students from GSO, Ocean Engineering, & Marine Affairs connected directly with orgs across ocean science, engineering, & the blue economy to explore internships & careers!

🚢 Congratulations to #URIGSO alum & Professor Emeritus Robert Ballard, Ph.D. ’74, on the christening of the USNS Robert Ballard (T-AGS 67) over the weekend at Bollinger Shipyards in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The ship will support the U.S. Navy’s oceanographic survey mission for years to come. 🌊 🚢

What do Arctic polar bears and endangered blue whales have in common? Both have been found to carry PFAS, highlighting how far these “forever chemicals” travel through the global ocean. ➡️ Read 'PFAS are polluting the Arctic, threatening both humans and animals' from AP News: buff.ly/VFHI9xR

🌊 #URIGSO is excited to welcome Jainey Bavishi, an expert on climate adaptation and resilience, as the guest speaker for the Charles and Marie Fish Lecture on Tuesday, March 10, at 6 p.m. ➡️ Learn more: buff.ly/ZsDENAZ 📍 URI Narragansett Bay Campus, Corless Auditorium, at 215 South Ferry Road

🏄‍♀️ New #URIGSO research has implications for oceanographers, meteorologists.....and surf forecasters. The study shows that ocean currents can significantly reduce hurricane swells, helping explain why wave forecasts around big storms sometimes look larger than what actually reaches the coast. 🌊 🧪

☀️ Historic blizzard conditions in the Northeast, but steady progress continues on the #RVNarragansettDawn in Houma, Louisiana. Last week, crews used TIG welding — a precision method that produces strong, clean joints — on piping in the vessel’s trash room. 🚢 Learn more: buff.ly/OswlBdQ

The #URIGSO community will present its research at the 2026 Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) in Glasgow, Scotland, during the week of February 22-27, 2026. #OSM26 🌊 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We’ve gathered a listing of where and when you can find their presentations:

🦪 🌊 On Cape Cod, #URIGSO students and STEEP trainees Justin Sankey and Paola N. Román Morales are working alongside the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Natural Resource Department and the Town of Yarmouth Division of Natural Resources to collect samples of surface water, fish, and shellfish. 🦑

What happens to deep-sea microbes after a volcanic eruption? 🌋🌊 In a new Faculty Spotlight from the URI Institute for AI & Computational Research, #URIGSO's @symbiosisrox.bsky.social shares how high-performance computing powers her lab’s work on marine symbiosis. 🌊 🖥️ buff.ly/Tx24kiB

🎉 Congratulations to #URIGSO alum Anna Mercer, Ph.D. ’15 on being named the 2026 #URIGSO recipient of URI’s Ten Under Ten Award! Recognized for outstanding professional achievement & dedication to the URI community, the awards celebrate young leaders who embody the University’s core values.

🌊 What does it take to build resilience in an era of accelerating climate impacts? Join us for the Charles and Marie Fish Lecture featuring Jainey Bavishi, former Deputy Administrator of NOAA and former Director of New York City’s Office of Climate Resiliency. Register: buff.ly/GfbfVfm

Valentine's Day is tomorrow.... send your favorite to your bestie, lab mate, or someone special ♥️ 🐟 🫶 🌊 🧪 🦑

🦐 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. 🧪 🌊 🦑

🌊🧑‍🔬 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. 🧪 🌊 ➡️ 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. ⤵

💨 🌊 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

🧊 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

🌊 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

#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. ➡️ buff.ly/fXvPGHZ

🛥️📊 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. ➡️ 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. 🎧: 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. ➡️ 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!

🌊 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!

🦪 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

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.

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/