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![Dr. Shevenell represented TOS during Climate Science Day on Capitol Hill](/marine-science/news/images/amelia-shevenell-represented-tos-during-climate-science-day-on-capitol-hill-490x327.jpg)
CMS Associate Professor Dr. Amelia Shevenell Elected to The Oceanography Society Council
USF CMS Associate Professor, Dr. Amelia Shevenell, was elected to The Oceanography Society (TOS) governance council by voting members of the international society.
March 27, 2019News
![The JOIDES Resolution departing Punta Arenas Chile. Photo Credit: Rob Larter](/marine-science/news/images/the-joides-resolution-departing-punta-arenas-chile-490x327.jpg)
USF CMS graduate student, Michelle Guitard, sets sail on IODP Expedition 382 to Antarctica
This is the third IODP Expedition to Antarctica in the last 12 months, and all Expeditions have included USF CMS faculty and grad students, including: Dr. Amelia Shevenell, Imogen Browne, Theresa King, and Michelle Guitard.
March 27, 2019News
![Many hands make light(er) work. Brent Summers and others lower the heavy “Fish” over the bow of the R/V Angari. Photo Credit: Tim Conway](/marine-science/news/images/brent-summers-lower-the-heavy-fish-over-the-bow-of-the-research-vessel-angari-490x327.jpg)
Gulf Stream trace metals cruise, Day 2 – return from the Bahamas
Seawater samples from the cruise will be analyzed for a variety of characteristics with a focus on trace metals: elements that are essential to life despite their low concentrations in the oceans.
March 20, 2019Blogs and Perspectives, News
![OCGers aboard research cruise during Oceanography Camp for Girls](/marine-science/news/images/ocg-ers-aboard-research-cruise-during-oceanography-camp-for-girls-490x327.jpg)
Accepting Applications for Oceanography Camp for Girls
Pinellas county 8th grade girls, join us for a summer of fun and learning about all things ocean during the Oceanography Camp for Girls.
March 18, 2019News
![Data to assess distributions and trends varies vastly among species. Many tropical butterflies (left) may only have a few records, while bird species (right) in North America or Europe may be documented with millions of records annually. Photo Credit: Walter Jetz/Yale University](/marine-science/news/images/species-monitoring-490x327.jpg)
Experts present a new framework for global species monitoring
A group of international experts has developed a much-needed framework to significantly improve the monitoring of status and trends of species worldwide.
March 12, 2019News
![Shannon Burns prepares for field work aboard the R/V Endeavor.](/marine-science/news/images/shannon-burns-490x327.jpg)
Graduate Student Sets Sail on the R/V Endeavor out of Bermuda
Scientists involved in the project will combine seasonally resolved observations of particulate, dissolved, colloidal, soluble, and ligand-bound iron, and corresponding physical, chemical and biological data from the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Station (BATS) program, with state-of-the-art biogeochemical modeling.
March 12, 2019News
![Gravity corer on deck of the drilling platform separated from Subglacial Lake Mercer by a kilometer of ice. Photo Credit: Kathy Kasic, SALSA](/marine-science/news/images/gravity-corer-on-deck-of-the-drilling-platform-separated-from-subglacial-lake-mercer-by-a-kilometer-of-ice-490x327.jpg)
A kilometer of Antarctic ice hides lake and possible clues to the future of our warming planet
At 15 meters deep, Mercer is the deepest subglacial lake to have been directly sampled, building on the accomplishments of the WISSARD expedition to Lake Whillans, a subglacial lake downstream of Mercer with an average depth of about 2 meters at the time of sampling.
March 8, 2019News
![he Research Vessel Weatherbird II docked at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science. By Seán Kinane (21 April 2016)](/marine-science/news/images/research-vessel-weatherbird-ii-docked-at-the-university-of-south-florida-college-of-marine-science-490x327.jpg)
USF scientist talks about the health of the Gulf of Mexico 9 years after the BP oil disaster
In April of 2010 BP’s Deepwater Horizon exploded and nearly 5 million barrels of oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico over several weeks; the Gulf ecosystem was damaged and researchers are trying to figure out how badly.
March 6, 2019News
![Zonal Jets: Phenomenology, Genesis, and Physics. Choosing the book’s cover image was a story of sweet serendipity, Galperin said. A book contributor, Yakov Afanasyev from the Memorial University of Newfoundland, is also an amateur painter who drew inspiration from recent NASA images (the Juno mission) to craft this ethereal painting of Jupiter’s weather layer.](/marine-science/news/images/jupiter-swirls-490x327.jpg)
Zonal Jets: the Boundless Capillaries of the Sea
USF professor Boris Galperin leads global effort to publish the first comprehensive book on zonal jets, complex features of atmospheric and ocean circulation that evaded discovery in the ocean for decades.
February 28, 2019News
![University of South Florida graduate student Meaghan Faletti carefully dissects the information-rich eye lens from a pinfish. Photo Credit: Meaghan Faletti](/marine-science/news/images/meaghan-faletti-490x327.jpg)
Diving into a Fish-Eat-Forage-Fish World
As scuba divers, life beneath the waves is peaceful as we move weightlessly through the water column in relative quiet aside from the air bubbling from our regulators, the whirl of distant boat propellers and the snap, crackle and pop of parrotfish munching on the reef.
February 27, 2019News
![This image shows oil appearance frequency from all cloud-free images (including those without sun glint) in 2005–2016. It shows a cumulative area of 1888 km2 near the Taylor Energy Platform. (Figure 6 in the study, used with permission of Chuanmin Hu)](/marine-science/news/images/oil-appearance-frequency-from-all-cloud-free-images-including-those-without-sun-glint-490x327.jpg)
Study Estimates Larger-than-Expected Oil Footprint Near the Damaged Taylor Energy Platform
Researchers analyzed remote sensing imagery to assess oil slicks near the Taylor Energy platform, which was damaged by Hurricane Ivan in September 2004, and determined how environmental conditions affected the slicks’ distributions.
February 26, 2019News
![Aerial drone photo of the neighborhood in Redington Beach. Some scientific forecasts of rising seal levels project that a 2-foot rise would leave parts of the town underwater by 2100. But there are much more pessimistic forecasts out there. Photo Credit: Luis Santana | Times.](/marine-science/news/images/aerial-drone-photo-of-the-neighborhood-in-redington-beach-florida-490x327.jpg)
Climate change is here. Will Tampa Bay finally get ready?
Our coastal region must prepare for the threats of climate change. Enter the Tampa Bay Regional Resiliency Coalition. But what can local governments do when the world’s governments haven’t done enough?
February 25, 2019News