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❄️ Snow on the bayou! Unusual weather made its way to Houma, Louisiana, where the RCRV Program team is hard at work constructing #RVNarragansettDawn. This rare snowstorm adds a unique touch to the sights around the shipyard. Stay safe & warm, everyone! youtube.com/clip/Ugkx16mqr…

It’s our favorite day of the year—Happy #CTDAppreciationDay! 🎉 CTDs are essential to marine research, providing invaluable data about water properties, ocean circulation, and so much more.

A frosty throwback from the #URIGSO archives! 🥶 Pretty much how it feels walking around campus this week... Stay warm, Rams!

Three regional class research vessels are set to join the U.S. Academic Research Fleet, providing new opportunities for research along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and in the Gulf of Mexico 🌊 eos.org/articles/u-s-a…

Where are PFAS in the environment? Where are they coming from and where do they end up? Check out this article in Aboard URI Graduate School of Oceanography to read about the team of researchers at STEEP working to understand the fate and transport of PFAS. web.uri.edu/gso/publicatio…

Remotely operated and autonomous vehicles offer valuable access to the deep ocean, but there is no substitute for direct human observation, write Kenna Harmony Rubin and Adam Soule from URI Graduate School of Oceanography + Anna P.M. Michel from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) @whoi_CSL. eos.org/science-update…

Recently upgraded Alvin can now dive to 6500m. Read our new article about its capabilities, latest #deepsea science discoveries, & new milestones on its science verification expedition 🌊🛠🧪. Thx to the entire Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Alvin team & U.S. National Science Foundation Office of Naval Research (ONR) NOAA Ocean Exploration URI Graduate School of Oceanography

Unusual black smokers at deepest known active hydrothermal vents (Beebe/Piccard, ~5km depth on Mid Cayman Rise) spew extremely Cu-rich fluid. We visited in person on 1st DSV Alvin expedition after major deep diving upgrade. More pics in new article (see below). #Geology #Science

‼️🚧 Last fall, federal & state leaders joined URI for a beam signing ceremony to celebrate progress on Bay Campus renewal. This week, the beam & its messages were installed on the Ocean Robotics Laboratory building, marking another milestone in construction!

🔹Tonight! #GSO's Philip Yang is *chatting* about coral habitats in NOAA's Flower Garden Banks Natl Marine Sanctuary.🌊🐠 Join virtually to learn how coral cores & benthic landers help us understand past and present ocean conditions—and how this science informs conservation efforts. buff.ly/40PpCUK

Be sure to check out this news article on the series! uri.edu/news/2025/02/u… URI URI Graduate School of Oceanography

We are so excited that our first seminar in our webinar series is happening tomorrow! “Household Exposures and Community Solutions”, featuring Dr. Rainer Lohmann from URI Graduate School of Oceanography, Dr. Laurel Schaider from Silent Spring Inst, and Chris Powicki! Register here: web.uri.edu/steep/cape_web…

Join us for URI Day of Giving and you can be the driving force in supporting the URI community. 💙🐏 Any contribution to the new Research Impact Fund helps grad students and faculty continue their research even in the case of external funding cuts. ➡ rb.gy/px8pjc

And we are off on leg 1 of the VAMPIRE - BATS cruise in Bermuda w the team from BIOS | Arizona State University, URI Graduate School of Oceanography, and School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at SBU Despite its name, the VAMPIRE instrument works both day and night.

It's summer and STEEP trainees are out in the field!! Kelsey Staniec (pictured) and Jarod Snook, members of the Lohmann Lab at URI Graduate School of Oceanography, spent the day in Grills Preserve, Rhode Island. Field work entailed collecting environmental samples to assess #PFAS contamination in the area.