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![University of South Florida: A Preeminent Research University](/marine-science/news/images/usf-cms-newsletter-august-2020-490x327.jpg)
Rising Tides August 2020
View some of the highlights in the Rising Tides Newsletter, August 2020 edition.
August 17, 2020Rising Tides Newsletter
![Ali Graham, PhD, a geophysicist at the USF College of Marine Science observes the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica from the R/V Nathanial B. Palmer.](/marine-science/news/images/thwaites-glacier-antarctica-490x327.jpg)
In Perfect Isolation
USF geophysicist Alastair Graham experienced the onset of the global pandemic while aboard an icebreaker on the bottom of the world. He’s finally back to the US after an epic journey made even more colossal due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
August 14, 2020News
![Cliff Merz, Ph.D.](/marine-science/news/images/cliff-merz-usf-marine-science-490x327.jpg)
USF College of Marine Science’s Clifford Merz Named Senior Member of National Academy of Inventors
Dr. Merz, who serves as Program and HF Radar Operations Director for the Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System, is one of 38 leading academic inventors nationwide named as new NAI senior members.
August 11, 2020Awards
![Illustration of GRACE-FO in orbit. Courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech.](/marine-science/news/images/grace-fo-in-orbit-490x327.jpg)
One Scientist’s Noisy Data is Another Scientist’s Treasure
Don Chambers, PhD, professor at the USF College of Marine Science, has never shied away from difficult scientific questions. Chambers’ latest scientific venture involves studying the deepest ocean currents. From space. “What can I say?” said Chambers. “I’ve always liked a challenge.”
August 5, 2020News
![Chuanmin Hu, Ph.D.](/marine-science/news/images/chuanmin-hu-2020-usf-cms-490x327.jpg)
Five USF Faculty Elected 2020 Members of the Academy of Science, Engineering & Medicine of Florida
Please join us in congratulating Chuanmin, who was elected to the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL)!
August 4, 2020Awards
![Campers and science mentors with USF's Oceanography Camp for Girls (OCG) smile as they wrap up the first virtual event of the 2020 camp. Photo courtesy of OCG.](/marine-science/news/images/oceanography-camp-for-girls-2020-headshots-490x327.png)
Virtual Science Camps Provide a Much-Needed Escape
The camp looked a bit different this year. Instead of the traditional three-week in-person format, the camp will be a hybrid virtual and in-person format taking place over the next nine months.
July 31, 2020Community Engagement, Girls Camp
![COVID-19 virus](/marine-science/images/covid-19-ethan-goddard-490x327.jpg)
Perspectives on COVID
Everyone’s experience of COVID is unique. We virtually sat down with three members of our marine science community to get their perspectives on how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed what it means to be a scientist, and to get their thoughts on what these changes mean for the future of marine science.
![USF College of Marine Science graduate & communications fellow Carey Schaefer](/marine-science/news/images/carey-schaefer-announced-as-a-gulf-research-program-490x327.jpg)
Carey Schafer announced as a Gulf Research Program Policy Fellow
USF College of Marine Science graduate & communications fellow Carey Schaefer, announced as a Gulf Research Program Policy Fellow.
July 29, 2020Awards
![Team MERA during the epidemiological survey training at the Costa Rican Water and Sewage Authority’s Water Laboratory (LNA), led by Maryann Cairns, PhD, from Southern Methodist University (SMU) and Erin Symonds, PhD, from the University of South Florida (USF) with Costa Rican university students, LNA employees, and SMU/USF graduate students.](/marine-science/images/mera-students-fun-group-photo-490x327.jpg)
USF Partner in Costa Rica Launches the Country’s First Program to Detect Coronavirus in Wastewater
With more than 5,000 beach surveys, 500 behavioral observations, and 80 interviews to digest, and water quality data to crunch, it was time to celebrate this phase of their NSF-funded coastal health study called MERA, which included several trainings by the USF team to help their colleagues get up to speed on a suite of environmental monitoring techniques.
![COVID-19 virus](/marine-science/images/covid-19-kiersten-monahan-490x327.jpg)
Perspectives on COVID
Everyone’s experience of COVID is unique. We virtually sat down with three members of our marine science community to get their perspectives on how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed what it means to be a scientist, and to get their thoughts on what these changes mean for the future of marine science.
![COVID-19 virus](/marine-science/images/covid-19-chris-stallings-490x327.jpg)
Perspectives on COVID
Everyone’s experience of COVID is unique. We virtually sat down with three members of our marine science community to get their perspectives on how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed what it means to be a scientist, and to get their thoughts on what these changes mean for the future of marine science.
![The “disappearance act” of the eddies and waves in a laboratory. The instantaneous pictures are on the left, where jets, waves and eddies are intertwined. On the right, after time averaging: eddies and waves are gone, and only zonal jets remain visible. Waves and eddies are inseparable; they either appear or disappear together.](/marine-science/images/eddies-and-waves-in-a-laboratory-490x327.jpg)
Rossby Waves and Eddies:Two Sides of the Same Coin
Geophysical and planetary circulations exhibit a rich variety of zonal flows, waves, and eddies produced and maintained by various instabilities.
July 20, 2020Blogs and Perspectives