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The view from the balcony on Bea Combs-Hintze, PhD student with Drs. David Naar and Steve Murawski

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

Research vessel JOIDES Resolution surrounded by sea ice as it approaches Antarctica's eastern Ross Sea. CREDIT, Jenny Gales, University of Plymouth.

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

C-BASS at sunset. Image credit: Alex Ilich.

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

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.

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

The RV Gould, a U.S. Antarctic Program ship transporting researchers back from Palmer Station.  Photo credit: Amelia Shevenell.

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

CMS professor Brad Rosenheim and his former PhD student, Ryan Venturelli, upon arrival to McMurdo Station in Antarctica. McMurdo station is one of three US stations for scientific research in Antarctica—located >600 miles from Mercer Subglacial Lake.

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 Newsletter - April 2023

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

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

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

Nearly 25 youth from the Royal Theater Boys & Girls Club of the Suncoast spent three days of their spring break becoming ‘Guardians of the Gulf.’

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

Group picture - Guardians of the Gulf

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

The sea urchin killer

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

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