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.
🌊 URI's Austin Becker & Isaac Ginis are featured in The New York Times “Lost Science” series, which documents research disrupted by funding cuts. RI-CHAMP, an innovative computer modeling system to help Rhode Island officials prepare for strong storms, was among those affected. buff.ly/XjIlF9R
He Helped Cities Anticipate Damage From Storms
Austin Becker developed an early warning system to protect critical infrastructure from storms. His project’s funding was eliminated in April.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🌊 URI's Austin Becker & Isaac Ginis are featured in The New York Times “Lost Science” series, which documents research disrupted by funding cuts. RI-CHAMP, an innovative computer modeling system to help Rhode Island officials prepare for strong storms, was among those affected. buff.ly/XjIlF9R
🌌 🌠 The aurora lit up the skies over Narragansett Bay last night, visible right from URI's Bay Campus! Forecasts suggest another chance tonight. Don’t miss it - keep your camera ready!
📸 #URIGSO's Lexie Delviscio
📸 #URIGSO's Lexie Delviscio
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🌌 🌠 The aurora lit up the skies over Narragansett Bay last night, visible right from URI's Bay Campus! Forecasts suggest another chance tonight. Don’t miss it - keep your camera ready!
📸 #URIGSO's Lexie Delviscio
📸 #URIGSO's Lexie Delviscio
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This past Thursday I successfully defended my dissertation! Thank you @symbiosisrox.bsky.social and the rest of the lab for making it a super fun celebration! I dressed up my son as a #ciliate for the occasion and we jumped into Narragansett Bay at @urigso.bsky.social beach afterwards #ProtistsOnSky
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This past Thursday I successfully defended my dissertation! Thank you @symbiosisrox.bsky.social and the rest of the lab for making it a super fun celebration! I dressed up my son as a #ciliate for the occasion and we jumped into Narragansett Bay at @urigso.bsky.social beach afterwards #ProtistsOnSky
🌊 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.
➡️ Join us: buff.ly/gHqY34P
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.
➡️ Join us: buff.ly/gHqY34P
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🌊 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.
➡️ Join us: buff.ly/gHqY34P
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.
➡️ Join us: buff.ly/gHqY34P
🚢 #TBT to February 2010, when #RVEndeavor sailed from Narragansett to Haiti on a dual mission to conduct urgent post-earthquake seafloor surveys and deliver humanitarian aid.
Funded by NSF’s Rapid Response Research program, scientists mapped coastal faults to better understand the January 12 quake.
Funded by NSF’s Rapid Response Research program, scientists mapped coastal faults to better understand the January 12 quake.
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
🚢 #TBT to February 2010, when #RVEndeavor sailed from Narragansett to Haiti on a dual mission to conduct urgent post-earthquake seafloor surveys and deliver humanitarian aid.
Funded by NSF’s Rapid Response Research program, scientists mapped coastal faults to better understand the January 12 quake.
Funded by NSF’s Rapid Response Research program, scientists mapped coastal faults to better understand the January 12 quake.
🚢✨ Show your #RVEndeavor pride!
Order your Endeavor gear now through our online Bay Campus Outfitters store! Choose from short- and long-sleeve shirts, crewnecks, & hoodies in a variety of colors.
Choose from 2 back designs:
🔹 Classic Endeavor drawing
🔹 Order of the Ancient Albatross recognition
Order your Endeavor gear now through our online Bay Campus Outfitters store! Choose from short- and long-sleeve shirts, crewnecks, & hoodies in a variety of colors.
Choose from 2 back designs:
🔹 Classic Endeavor drawing
🔹 Order of the Ancient Albatross recognition
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🚢✨ Show your #RVEndeavor pride!
Order your Endeavor gear now through our online Bay Campus Outfitters store! Choose from short- and long-sleeve shirts, crewnecks, & hoodies in a variety of colors.
Choose from 2 back designs:
🔹 Classic Endeavor drawing
🔹 Order of the Ancient Albatross recognition
Order your Endeavor gear now through our online Bay Campus Outfitters store! Choose from short- and long-sleeve shirts, crewnecks, & hoodies in a variety of colors.
Choose from 2 back designs:
🔹 Classic Endeavor drawing
🔹 Order of the Ancient Albatross recognition
Daylight saving time can be a shock, but it’s not so bad when these are your 5 p.m. views from URI's Narragansett Bay Campus 🌕✨
This week’s full moon means higher-than-usual tides are on the way. Help document coastal flooding in your area by submitting photos through MyCoastRI: buff.ly/UaiKuK2
This week’s full moon means higher-than-usual tides are on the way. Help document coastal flooding in your area by submitting photos through MyCoastRI: buff.ly/UaiKuK2
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Daylight saving time can be a shock, but it’s not so bad when these are your 5 p.m. views from URI's Narragansett Bay Campus 🌕✨
This week’s full moon means higher-than-usual tides are on the way. Help document coastal flooding in your area by submitting photos through MyCoastRI: buff.ly/UaiKuK2
This week’s full moon means higher-than-usual tides are on the way. Help document coastal flooding in your area by submitting photos through MyCoastRI: buff.ly/UaiKuK2
🌊 URI students in a new geosciences course recently visited Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown to study how the shoreline changes over time. With guidance from #URIGSO M.S. student Zachary Levitan, the class used high-precision GPS instruments to take elevation measurements and map a beach profile.
November 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🌊 URI students in a new geosciences course recently visited Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown to study how the shoreline changes over time. With guidance from #URIGSO M.S. student Zachary Levitan, the class used high-precision GPS instruments to take elevation measurements and map a beach profile.
In an effort to better predict volcanic eruptions, #URIGSO students Zhangbao Cheng and Eleanor Martin are studying the rift zones of two of the most active volcanoes in the world, Hawaii’s Kīlauea and Mauna Loa. 🌋
November 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
In an effort to better predict volcanic eruptions, #URIGSO students Zhangbao Cheng and Eleanor Martin are studying the rift zones of two of the most active volcanoes in the world, Hawaii’s Kīlauea and Mauna Loa. 🌋
Another last-minute costume idea: rare blue lobster 🦞 💙
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 🌊 🦑
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 🌊 🦑
October 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Another last-minute costume idea: rare blue lobster 🦞 💙
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 🌊 🦑
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 🌊 🦑
🎃 👻 Happy Halloween! Last-minute costume idea: giant tubeworm. 🦑 🌊
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🎃 👻 Happy Halloween! Last-minute costume idea: giant tubeworm. 🦑 🌊
🌊 Three #URIGSO faculty members are among two dozen from the University of Rhode Island recognized by Stanford and Elsevier as being among the world’s most influential scientists.
Stanford University’s Top 2% Scientists list is considered the most prestigious in the world.
Stanford University’s Top 2% Scientists list is considered the most prestigious in the world.
October 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🌊 Three #URIGSO faculty members are among two dozen from the University of Rhode Island recognized by Stanford and Elsevier as being among the world’s most influential scientists.
Stanford University’s Top 2% Scientists list is considered the most prestigious in the world.
Stanford University’s Top 2% Scientists list is considered the most prestigious in the world.
🚢 From research cruises that advanced our understanding of the ocean to the infamous ice cream freezer 🍦 — @askpossibly.bsky.social climbed aboard the retired #RVEndeavor to reflect on its history and legacy at #URIGSO.
October 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🚢 From research cruises that advanced our understanding of the ocean to the infamous ice cream freezer 🍦 — @askpossibly.bsky.social climbed aboard the retired #RVEndeavor to reflect on its history and legacy at #URIGSO.
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The R/V Endeavor, the oldest research vessel in the US, was retired last month after 49 years of operation by @urigso.bsky.social. Possibly's @nathardy.bsky.social toured the ship and spoke with the scientists who knew it best.
Listen our latest episode below, or wherever you get you podcasts.
Listen our latest episode below, or wherever you get you podcasts.
The oldest research vessel in the country was just retired. What does it mean for Rhode Island scientists? - TPR: The Public's Radio
The R/V Endeavor, which spent the last 49 years operating out of URI’s Narragansett Bay Campus, was retired last month. Possibly took a tour of the vessel before it’s decommissioned.
thepublicsradio.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The R/V Endeavor, the oldest research vessel in the US, was retired last month after 49 years of operation by @urigso.bsky.social. Possibly's @nathardy.bsky.social toured the ship and spoke with the scientists who knew it best.
Listen our latest episode below, or wherever you get you podcasts.
Listen our latest episode below, or wherever you get you podcasts.
October 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🌍 #URIGSO alum Pei-Chin Wu, Ph.D. '24, uses satellites to track subsidence — the slow sinking of land — in coastal cities worldwide. Her 2022 study revealed that subsidence is a larger global problem than previously thought, occurring most rapidly in rapidly growing cities in Southeast Asia. 🌊
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
🌍 #URIGSO alum Pei-Chin Wu, Ph.D. '24, uses satellites to track subsidence — the slow sinking of land — in coastal cities worldwide. Her 2022 study revealed that subsidence is a larger global problem than previously thought, occurring most rapidly in rapidly growing cities in Southeast Asia. 🌊
🌊 🚢 🌋 During a 2006 expedition in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, a team of URI scientists led by Bob Ballard aboard R/V Endeavor joined Greek collaborators to search for ancient shipwrecks and study the Bronze Age eruption of Thera.
October 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🌊 🚢 🌋 During a 2006 expedition in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, a team of URI scientists led by Bob Ballard aboard R/V Endeavor joined Greek collaborators to search for ancient shipwrecks and study the Bronze Age eruption of Thera.
"The ocean is big business [in Rhode Island], writes #URIGSO's Paula Bontempi in her recent op-ed. "Investment in #NOAA data, technology, and workforce will enable discovery and life-saving forecasts that bring economic growth home."
Read more below from The Providence Journal: buff.ly/986fj4j
Read more below from The Providence Journal: buff.ly/986fj4j
Why the future of NOAA matters to Rhode Island | Opinion
From hurricane forecasting to our ocean economy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is key to Rhode Island's economy and security, the author says.
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October 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"The ocean is big business [in Rhode Island], writes #URIGSO's Paula Bontempi in her recent op-ed. "Investment in #NOAA data, technology, and workforce will enable discovery and life-saving forecasts that bring economic growth home."
Read more below from The Providence Journal: buff.ly/986fj4j
Read more below from The Providence Journal: buff.ly/986fj4j
⛵️ Since 2021, #RVEndeavor has helped launch nine miniboat adventures through our partnership with Educational Passages, giving local students a hands-on way to explore ocean science and create global connections.
🌊 Read more about these remarkable classroom-to-ocean expeditions: buff.ly/9DW9kQI
🌊 Read more about these remarkable classroom-to-ocean expeditions: buff.ly/9DW9kQI
October 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
⛵️ Since 2021, #RVEndeavor has helped launch nine miniboat adventures through our partnership with Educational Passages, giving local students a hands-on way to explore ocean science and create global connections.
🌊 Read more about these remarkable classroom-to-ocean expeditions: buff.ly/9DW9kQI
🌊 Read more about these remarkable classroom-to-ocean expeditions: buff.ly/9DW9kQI
Microplastic research by #URIGSO alums Anna Robuck, Ph.D. ’20, and Victoria Fulfer, Ph.D. ’24, along with Professor J.P. Walsh, has revealed the scope of plastic pollution across Rhode Island and helped inform proposed state legislation on plastic bottles.
➡️ More in 41ºN Magazine: buff.ly/8oUd8ki
➡️ More in 41ºN Magazine: buff.ly/8oUd8ki
October 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Microplastic research by #URIGSO alums Anna Robuck, Ph.D. ’20, and Victoria Fulfer, Ph.D. ’24, along with Professor J.P. Walsh, has revealed the scope of plastic pollution across Rhode Island and helped inform proposed state legislation on plastic bottles.
➡️ More in 41ºN Magazine: buff.ly/8oUd8ki
➡️ More in 41ºN Magazine: buff.ly/8oUd8ki
Over five decades, GSO alum Margaret Leinen, Ph.D. ‘80 has personified scientific scholarship, service & leadership. She caps her distinguished career as the 11th director of Scripps, vice chancellor for marine sciences at UC San Diego, & dean of the School of Marine, Earth, & Atmospheric Sciences.
October 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Over five decades, GSO alum Margaret Leinen, Ph.D. ‘80 has personified scientific scholarship, service & leadership. She caps her distinguished career as the 11th director of Scripps, vice chancellor for marine sciences at UC San Diego, & dean of the School of Marine, Earth, & Atmospheric Sciences.
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Happy to share our new paper led by Corinna Breusing about how the Hunga volcanic eruption's decimation of nearby hydrothermal vent snails and mussels led to a significant reduction in the genomic diversity of their bacterial symbionts.
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October 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Happy to share our new paper led by Corinna Breusing about how the Hunga volcanic eruption's decimation of nearby hydrothermal vent snails and mussels led to a significant reduction in the genomic diversity of their bacterial symbionts.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🌊 🦑 Every Monday, #URIGSO researchers board the RV Cap’n Bert at Wickford Shipyard to continue a tradition dating back to 1959. With 65+ years of data, the GSO Fish Trawl Survey is one of the world’s longest-running studies of bottom fish and invertebrates. @kristylewisphd.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🌊 🦑 Every Monday, #URIGSO researchers board the RV Cap’n Bert at Wickford Shipyard to continue a tradition dating back to 1959. With 65+ years of data, the GSO Fish Trawl Survey is one of the world’s longest-running studies of bottom fish and invertebrates. @kristylewisphd.bsky.social
🎉 Congratulations to #URIGSO Ph.D. candidate Molly Robinson, who has been named a 2025–2026 Schlanger Ocean Drilling Fellow!
Molly's research focuses on nitrogen cycle changes in the southwest Indian Ocean across geologic timescales, studied by analyzing the nitrogen composition of foraminifera.
Molly's research focuses on nitrogen cycle changes in the southwest Indian Ocean across geologic timescales, studied by analyzing the nitrogen composition of foraminifera.
October 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🎉 Congratulations to #URIGSO Ph.D. candidate Molly Robinson, who has been named a 2025–2026 Schlanger Ocean Drilling Fellow!
Molly's research focuses on nitrogen cycle changes in the southwest Indian Ocean across geologic timescales, studied by analyzing the nitrogen composition of foraminifera.
Molly's research focuses on nitrogen cycle changes in the southwest Indian Ocean across geologic timescales, studied by analyzing the nitrogen composition of foraminifera.