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GeoHab 2023, a reflection on my first international conference
We were in La Réunion – an island in the Indian Ocean that is part of the Mascarene Islands and the African continent, but an overseas department of France about 679 km east of Madagascar.
June 12, 2023Blogs and Perspectives
Past climate change to blame for Antarctica’s giant underwater landslides
An international team of scientists found weak biologically rich layers of sediments hundreds of metres beneath the seafloor which crumbled as oceans warmed and ice sheets declined.
May 18, 2023News
On the hunt for Amberjacks from Florida to North Carolina
The C-BASS team recently completed a 21-day research cruise aboard Florida Institute of Oceanography’s (FIO) vessel, R/V Weatherbird II, in search of Greater Amberjack.
May 17, 2023Blogs and Perspectives
Which barotrauma mitigation method is best for red snapper and red grouper caught in deep water? Recompression outperforms venting, according to Gulf of Mexico study
The best way for recreational fishers to release red snapper and red grouper caught in the deeper waters of the Gulf of Mexico -- and physically traumatized from the pressure change experienced during the ascent -- is to use a descending device.
May 15, 2023News
Southern Ocean Science – a different kind of SOS?
The continent covered in ice is over 10,000 miles away from the sunshine state. Here’s why Floridians should care about it.
May 8, 2023Blogs and Perspectives
Scientists describe carbon cycle in a subglacial freshwater lake in Antarctica for first time
Surprising results from historic study suggest the shrinking West Antarctic Ice Sheet, a major threat to global sea level rise, was smaller and more dynamic in recent geologic past than previously thought.
May 1, 2023News
Rising Tides - April 2023
View some of the highlights in the Rising Tides Newsletter, April 2023 edition.
April 28, 2023Rising Tides Newsletter
Glider Fleet: Update
This year our glider fleet is set to break yet another record for the number of days in the water, and we have fingers crossed this holds true.
April 26, 2023Blogs and Perspectives
Trace metals in the North Pacific
Tim Conway is really excited about these articles from their North Pacific GEOTRACES work, which was the first NSF funding he received after arriving at CMS.
April 26, 2023Publication Highlights
South St. Pete youth become ‘Guardians of the Gulf’ with USF
Guardians of the Gulf is a STEAM program (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) about coastal and human resiliency run by the University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science (USF CMS).
April 25, 2023Community Engagement, Resiliency News
South St. Pete youth become ‘Guardians of the Gulf’ with USF
The Guardians of the Gulf's mission is to provide a multisensory program that introduces youth to the interconnectivity of our natural environment, empowers them to realize what’s at stake, and inspires them toward action.
April 25, 2023Blogs and Perspectives
Scientists identify 2022 sea urchin killer
The mass die-off of the long-spined sea urchin – a loss that threatens the health of coral reefs from the Caribbean to Florida’s east coast -- was caused by a one-celled organism called a ciliate.
April 19, 2023News