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Michelle Guitard - Expedition Antarctica

USF CMS Doctoral Student To Travel To Antarctica

Michelle Guitard, a PhD student at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science, is going to see these changes first-hand on a two-month expedition to Antarctica.

December 3, 2018News

Laramie Jensen, Brent Summers and other members of the GP15 team prepare to retrieve the trace metal clean CTD rosette. Telescoping poles are used to attach tag lines. Photo Credit: Alex Fox

Super Station, Super Techs – Part 1

The ultimate goal of GEOTRACES and GP15 is to better understand the world’s oceans.

November 28, 2018News

Eight USF Faculty Members Named New AAAS Fellows.

Frank E. Müller-Karger Elected as 2018 AAAS Fellow

Eight USF Faculty Members Named New AAAS Fellows.

November 28, 2018Awards, News

A Junior Scientist explains the diet of Florida black bears at the Imagine Our Florida, Inc. booth during the 2018 St. Petersburg Science Festival.

Students Become Teachers in the Junior Scientist Program, a Win-Win for The St. Petersburg Science Festival

At this year’s St. Petersburg Science Festival, held in October, a number of especially young faces in volunteer T-shirts joined the ranks of exhibitors as the Junior Scientist Program completed its fourth year.

November 23, 2018News

USF President Judy Genshaft (white coat, foreground) and Dr. Steve Murawski (blue coat, background) converse with other guests after giving speeches at the grand opening of the Marine Environmental Chemistry Laboratory at USF CMS.

New joint-use laboratory opens thanks to many within and beyond USF CMS

What began in 1940 as a dormitory, complete with a mess hall and classrooms for the United States merchant marines, has since hosted multiple academic departments before becoming the home of USF’s College of Marine Science.

November 6, 2018News

Will there be enough krill to go around? It’s not an easy question.

Everybody Likes Krill

Will there be enough krill to go around? It’s not an easy question.

November 1, 2018News

Sean Beckwith and Luis Sorinas discuss the impact of ocean acidification on calcifying organisms with members of the St. Pete community.

Food Trucks, Vegetables, and Ocean Acidification? USF CMS Takes on the Saturday Morning Market

On Saturday, October 27, 2018, students, staff, and faculty from the College of Marine Science came together to help teach the St. Petersburg community about ocean acidification.

October 31, 2018News

University of South Florida: A Preeminent Research University

Celebrating 10 Years of Marine and Coastal Fisheries

Congratulations to Dr. Steven Murawski and Dr. Ernst Peebles for the paper that they co-authored being selected in the top 10 for the past decade by the journal Marine and Coastal Fisheries.

October 29, 2018News

Young climbers take on the rock wall in the foreground of the Poynter Park Stage at the 2018 St. Petersburg Science Festival

The 2018 St. Pete Science Festival Brings Plenty of Science and Fun in the Sun

This year’s booths included Ocean Microcosm, Paleo Experiments, Ocean Iron Plinko Board, pH Races, Gulf Detectives: Fishing Sediments, and Oil Spills, and an art exhibit of high-resolution Electron Microscopy imagery.

October 23, 2018News

Dr. Brad Rosenheim discusses the threat of sea level rise at Taste of Science.

The CMS Community Comes Together for a “taste of science”

What do mangroves, mud, and Antarctica have to do with St. Petersburg? This is a question Dr. Brad Rosenheim has been pondering for many years.

October 22, 2018News

Radiolarian imaged by a Scanning Electron Microscope. (Photo Credit: Tony Greco)

USF CMS Electron Microscopy Laboratory Offers High Resolution Analysis for any Scientific Discipline

Anthony M. Greco has mastered the science and the art of electron microscopy, but he has also mastered some other crucial qualities that go along with any scientific discipline: education and outreach.

October 20, 2018News

Pamela Hallock Muller, Professor - Geological Oceanography

Landmark Paper In Carbonate Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Hallock Muller on AAPG now judging her “Nutrient excess and the demise of coral reefs and carbonate platforms” paper as a landmark in the category Carbonate Sedimentology and Stratigraphy.

October 17, 2018CMS in the News

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