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USF researchers find human-driven pollution alters the environment even underground
The Monte Conca cave system on the island of Sicily is a vast system of springs and pools, sitting below a nature preserve. It might be presumed to be one of the few places untouched by human-driven pollution.
May 7, 2020Research
![The U.S. Supreme Court ruling addressed the issue of whether a federal permit was needed to discharge wastewater off the west side of the Island of Maui because it was contaminating a coral reef. USF School of Geosciences Chair Mark Rains joined colleagues in advocating for environmental protections.](/arts-sciences/departments/geosciences/news/images/2020/listing-image-usf-supreme-court-sides.png)
U.S. Supreme Court Sides with Environmentalists, Scientists in Clean Water Act Ruling
Last year, USF School of Geosciences Chair Mark Rains was part of a group of scientific experts who filed a legal brief in a crucial U.S. Supreme Court Case challenging the Clean Water Act’s ability to stem pollution flowing through ground water into oceans, lakes and rivers.
April 24, 2020Research
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AT&T Awards USF St. Petersburg a Climate Resiliency Grant for Crowdsourced Community Project
USF St. Petersburg was one of just five universities in the southeastern U.S. to be awarded an AT&T Climate Resiliency Community Challenge grant. The University’s Initiative on Coastal Adaptation and Resilience (iCAR) is receiving $50,000 for a project that will leverage citizen engagement and crowdsourced data to identify climate vulnerabilities in local communities.
February 27, 2020Research
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Colossal Oysters Have Disappeared from Florida’s Most ‘Pristine’ Coastlines
Hundreds of years ago, colossal oysters were commonplace across much of Florida’s northern Gulf Coast. Today, those oysters have disappeared, leaving behind a new generation roughly a third smaller – a massive decline that continues to have both economic and environmental impacts.
February 5, 2020Research