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The RV Ronald H. Brown will be transporting the members of the GOMECC cruise throughout the Gulf of Mexico for 42 days.

GOMECC cruise departs for another turn around the Gulf

The annual ocean monitoring cruise departs on a 42-day journey with three CMS students on board.

September 15, 2021Blogs and Perspectives

The virtual faculty seminar allowed professors to share their latest contributions to oceanography research. Note: This faculty picture was taken at CMS pre-COVID.

Faculty Seminar kicks off the school year

CMS professors share their latest contributions to oceanography research with the College of Marine Science community.

September 3, 2021News

 Can you get any more charismatic?! Taken in Manatee Springs, Florida.  Credit: Mya Breitbart

CMS team uncovers new insights about viruses and bacteria in Manatee Springs, Florida

Most people visit Manatee Springs to see its charismatic megafauna, from the iconic sea cows that are its namesake to gators and majestic great blue herons. But not Kema Malki.

September 3, 2021News

Pew Applauds Belizes Ambitious Commitment to Protect Coastal Wetlands

Pew Applauds Belizes Ambitious Commitment to Protect Coastal Wetlands

Plan signals growing global interest in nature-based solutions to climate change.

September 2, 2021Resiliency News

Education endeavor born from pandemic

Education endeavor born from pandemic

STEAM Forward! Academy team members display their Pacific Ocean mazes. The workshop was led by resident oceanographer, Regina Easley.

September 1, 2021Resiliency News

Video from a remotely operated vehicle is used to collect reef fish abundance and length distribution data during fishery-independent surveys. Credit: University of South Alabama Fisheries Ecology Lab at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Team selected to estimate abundance of Greater Amberjack in South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico

Team selected to estimate abundance of Greater Amberjack in South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico.

August 25, 2021News

Rising Tides Newsletter, August 2021 edition.

Rising Tides August 2021

View some of the highlights in the Rising Tides Newsletter, August 2021 edition.

August 18, 2021Rising Tides Newsletter

View of the first fuel ship entering the Port of Tampa after Hurricane Irma, as it passes NRT 5. Credit: NOAA

Tampa Bay-PORTS Celebrates 30 Years

The real-time “coastal intelligence” system was the first of its kind in the US. It is now one of 37 systems around the country managed by NOAA.

August 17, 2021News

5 Ways the Infrastructure Bill Would Improve America’s Flood Resilience

5 Ways the Infrastructure Bill Would Improve America’s Flood Resilience

The $1 trillion-dollar infrastructure bill passed Aug. 10 by the Senate contains disaster and flood-resilience provisions of historic proportions.

August 17, 2021Resiliency News

Climate change will make heat even deadlier for outdoor workers, study says

Climate change will make heat even deadlier for outdoor workers, study says

Florida’s 2 million outdoor workers — more than 20 percent of its workforce — will be at greater risk of losing their lives and $8.4 billion in total annual earnings.

August 17, 2021Resiliency News

 Octopus arms. Photo credit, Comparative Environmental Physiology (CEPh) Laboratory

Brad Siebel is being recognized with an Outstanding Research Achievements Award

Congratulations, Dr. Brad Seibel! He is one of 22 USF faculty members who didn’t allow the pandemic to impede productivity.

August 16, 2021Awards

First-year courses that address the “hidden curriculum” of graduate school are critical, according to a publication in Nature Geoscience that includes co-author Dr. Mya Breitbart.

Leveling the Playing Field for Grad Students

First-year courses that address the “hidden curriculum” of graduate school are critical, according to a publication in Nature Geoscience that includes co-author Dr. Mya Breitbart.

August 10, 2021News

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