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![SECORRA Underwater Robots, Photo Credit: WSAV](/marine-science/news/images/secorra-underwater-robots-490x327.jpg)
Underwater Robots Help Local Scientists Study Hurricanes and More
Part of our mission, as a five university consortium between UGA, UNC, NC State, Georgia Tech and the University of South Florida, is to provide this kind of regional coverage.
June 15, 2018News
![The Shipwreck Hunter; A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discoveries on the Ocean Floor](/marine-science/news/images/the-shipwreck-hunter-a-lifetime-of-extraordinary-discoveries-on-the-ocean-floor-490x327.jpg)
USF CMS alumnus, David Mearns releases his book in the U.S. The Shipwreck Hunter
David Mearns, who received his MS from the USF Department of Marine Science in 1986, has just published his third book.
June 6, 2018News
![A tagged bicolor damselfish (note orange tattoo) and its artificial nest box on a coral reef in the Bahamas. Photo Credit: Nikita Rolle.](/marine-science/news/images/tagged-bicolor-damselfish-490x327.jpg)
Secrets of Fish Population Changes
Scientists link ocean dispersal of baby fish with ecology of adults.
June 3, 2018News
![Graduate Students at the 2018 Vembu Cup and MSAC Festival Event](/marine-science/news/images/vembu-cup-and-msac-festival-2018-490x327.jpg)
The 2018 Vembu Cup and MSAC Festival
A golf scramble tournament was held at Mangrove Bay Golf Course in St. Pete, Florida to honor the memory of Vembu Subramanian.
May 22, 2018News
![USF Marine Science Fish Ecology Lab Group, May 2018](/marine-science/news/images/usf-marine-science-fish-ecology-lab-group-shot-2018-490x327.jpg)
Fish Ecology Lab Unveils New Website
We are thrilled to debut the Fish Ecology Lab’s new website to our current students, prospective students, partners, donors, and visitors.
May 12, 2018News
![Dr. Robert Weisberg, Distinguished University Professor and Physical Oceanographer at USF College of Marine Science](/marine-science/news/images/bob-weisberg-ocean-and-circulation-interview-490x327.jpg)
Interview with Dr. Weisberg, Ocean Circulation and Ecology – Part I
The key to answering many of the big questions about living organisms is to understand the forces at work in their everyday environment.
May 10, 2018News
![2018 Final Winners Montgomery Blair](/marine-science/news/images/2018-final-winners-montgomery-blair-490-327.jpg)
Montgomery Blair High School Cruises to Victory in 21st Annual NOSB
The 2018 Spoonbill Regional champion team, students from Eastside High School in Gainesville Florida placed 10th overall in the National Ocean Sciences Bowl competition
April 25, 2018Community Engagement
![Professor Emeritus Al Hine](/marine-science/news/images/college-of-marine-science-faculty-alumni-director-al-hine-490x327.jpg)
Marine Science activism at the community level
“Back away from the barrier islands,” Dr. Albert Hine urged county commissioners in the past here in the Tampa Bay region.
April 20, 2018News
![Ocean Buoy Monitoring Deployment Buoy](/marine-science/news/images/ocean-buoy-monitoring-deployment-buoy-490x327.jpg)
National Academies Gulf Research Program Awards Over $340,000
USF is one of 11 institutions receiving recovery support.
April 18, 2018News
![Ryan Venturelli receives a 2018 GSA Graduate Student Research Grant](/marine-science/news/images/ryan-venturelli-usf-marine-science-grad-student-490x327.jpg)
Ryan Venturelli receives a 2018 GSA Graduate Student Research Grant
This research involves the application of coral clumped isotopes to understand changes in temperature, seawater isotopic composition, and salinity along the Florida Keys Reef Tract throughout the last 11,000 years.
April 17, 2018Awards
![Floating lab at USF CMS](/marine-science/news/images/floating-lab-490x327.jpg)
USF students gain valuable experience on floating lab
It’s been nearly a year since University of South Florida President Judy Genshaft christened the multi-million-dollar research vessel, the WT Hogarth. Since then, students and scientists have climbed aboard this floating lab in St. Petersburg, FL.
April 17, 2018News
![Congratulations Theresa King!](/marine-science/news/images/usf-college-of-marine-science-in-the-news-490x327.jpg)
Theresa King wins poster presentation at the USF Graduate Student Symposium
One of two winners in the category for Natural and Physical Sciences at the USF Graduate Student Symposium, Theresa’s poster and presentation focused on the importance of understanding past interactions of warm waters and Antarctic ice shelves in terms of changes in sea level.
April 10, 2018News