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Girls Go Gaga Over Science
This blog whisks you through my summer doing marine science with Girls Inc—and you don’t even have to get your feet wet!
September 18, 2019Blogs and Perspectives, Community Engagement
New Study Reveals Four Billion Particles of Microplastics in Tampa Bay Waters
A new study from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg and Eckerd College estimates the waters of Tampa Bay contain four billion particles of microplastics, raising new questions about the impact of pollution on marine life in this vital ecosystem.
September 12, 2019News
21-Year CARIACO Ocean Time Series Ends: That’s a Wrap! ¡Fin del Día!
Award-Winning program, led by scientists in Venezuela & the U.S., leaves a rich 21-yr legacy - and perhaps a few tears
September 6, 2019News
Bon Voyage, R/V Bellows!
A 71-foot workhorse of the ocean science and education community for nearly 45 years, the Bellows was sold to TSR, Inc., which stands for Treasure & Shipwreck Recovery.
September 6, 2019News
Twenty Scientists Awarded 2019 Early-Career Research Fellowships by National Academies’ Gulf Research Program
USF CMS Research Associate Dr. Isabel Romero among the award recipients
September 3, 2019News
Transdisciplinary beach water quality investigation hits 2-year milestone
Multi-institution team supported by US NSF collected over 5000 beach surveys and hundreds of samples as they darted in and out of the waves of Costa Rica over 26 weekends.
August 30, 2019Blogs and Perspectives
2 New Books Summarize Findings from Historic Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
The USF CMS led on the production of a powerful two-volume series about the historic Deepwater Horizon oil spill published by Springer: Deep Oil Spills: Facts, Fate, and Effects and Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills: Fighting the Next War.
August 27, 2019News
15-Year Study Will Collect Fish Eggs Across the Entire West Florida Shelf for DNA-Barcoding Analysis
This year, 2019, begins a 15-year monitoring program funded by the Florida RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Program.
August 21, 2019Blogs and Perspectives
REU 2019 Summary
The USF College of Marine Sciences (CMS) hosted five Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) participants this summer from four minority serving institutions.
August 4, 2019News
Multi-institution Science Team Meets in St. Petersburg, FL to Synthesize Ecosystem Impacts of the Historic Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
A core team met most recently in St. Petersburg, FL from July 23-25 to participate in a workshop entitled “Ecosystem Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Event: Assembling the Record of Species and Community Change.”
August 2, 2019News
Researchers deploy new tech to explore depths of Gulf of Mexico
FIU marine scientist Kevin Boswell and a multi-institution research team will deploy experimental technology next week to explore the deep scattering layers of the ocean.
July 26, 2019News
Coastal Forests in Crisis
A team at the USF College of Marine Science documents a die-off of coastal forests along the Big Bend of Florida using photographs and satellite imagery.
July 12, 2019News