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USF College of Marine Science Fellowships and Awards Luncheon

2018 Fellowships and Awards Luncheon

The 2018 University of South Florida College of Marine Science Graduate Student Fellowship Award Luncheon will take place on October 5, 2018 at The Mahaffey Theater.

October 2, 2018News

The Totten Glacier in East Antarctica

Amelia Shevenell awarded NSF Grant to study past ocean-ice sheet interactions in East Antarctica

The USF College of Marine Science (USF CMS) has been awarded a National Science Foundation Grant ($305,139) to determine the influence of ocean temperatures on coastal glaciers in East Antarctica over the past 18,000 years.

September 29, 2018Awards, News

USF CMS will be hosting a second Diversity Workshop. Photo Credit: USFSP

USF CMS will be Hosting a Second Diversity Workshop

USF CMS will be hosting a second Diversity Workshop this Friday, September 28, 2018 from 1pm to 3 pm in the MSL conference room.

September 25, 2018Diversity, News

Brent Summers sailing on NSF funded US GEOTRACES GP15

The U.S. GEOTRACES GP15 Expedition Along the Pacific Ocean Departs

USF CMS graduate student Brent Summers is currently sailing on NSF funded US GEOTRACES GP15 out of Seattle, WA.

September 19, 2018News

Diver Jon Peake conducting fish surveys

Estimating Long Term Impacts of Harmful Algal Blooms Involves Complex Analyses of Marine Communities

As part of a multiyear artificial reef study, divers Jon Peake and Meaghan Faletti finished up our Summer fish surveys this past week.

September 18, 2018News

USF Led Team Deploys Tsunami Buoy Test in Tampa Bay

USF-led team deploys tsunami buoy test in Tampa Bay

Six-month test will measure sea floor motion and allow for improved forecasting of tsunamis.

September 17, 2018News

Image Credit: University of South Florida College of Marine Science

Underwater Gliders Chasing Hurricane Florence

Two gliders were deployed in the South Atlantic Bight ahead of Hurricane Florence making her way to the U.S. eastern seaboard.

September 12, 2018News

Nathaniel B Palmer RVIB arrives at the McMurdo Station dock.

Geologic Record reveals Antarctic Ice-Shelf Collapse sometimes means delayed consequences

A new study published in Scientific Reports, the open access journal by the Nature Publishing group, examines interactions between changing climate and the Antarctic Ice Sheet during the last deglaciation, which occurred about 10,000 years ago.

September 10, 2018News

Lifting the icy layers off Antarctica reveals high mountains and low valleys — many below sea level.

The Sleeping Giant

East Antarctica, long thought stable, is drawing fresh attention.

August 31, 2018News

A USF glider deployed to measure water quality proxies for red tide

Application of New Technology to the Monitoring and Prediction of Florida Red Tides

Red tides are extremely disruptive to the environment and to people living and working along the coast.

August 29, 2018News

IMARS Group at USF College of Marine Science

CMS Professor Frank Muller-Karger Awarded NSF Big Data Grant to Improve Coastal Floodplain Maps

The USF College of Marine Science (CMS) has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant ($1,000,000) to establish a Big Data Regional Innovation Hub for a three-year study in collaboration with Texas A&M University and Google Earth Engine.

August 28, 2018Awards, News

R/V Atlantic Explorer

CMS Faculty Tim Conway Awarded NSF Grant to Study Dust Dissolution in the Ocean

CMS Assistant Professor Tim Conway was recently awarded a grant by NSF Chemical Oceanography ($374,080) for a three year process study which will investigate how iron dissolves from atmospheric dust into the ocean.

August 27, 2018Awards, News

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