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![Mya Breitbart Elected as a new Fellow into ASM](/marine-science/news/images/mya-breitbart-fellow-elected-into-the-american-society-for-microbiology-2019-490x327.jpg)
Mya Breitbart Elected as a 2019 Fellow into the American Society for Microbiology
Mya Breitbart, who has been elected as a new Fellow in the American Society for Microbiology in recognition of her groundbreaking achievements in studying viruses.
![Mya Breitbart in the Marine Geonomics Lab. Photo Credit: Amie Blodgett](/marine-science/news/images/mya-breibart-in-the-lab-brilliant-top-10-scientist-490x327.jpg)
Mya Breitbart: Decoding Marine Mysteries With “The Virus Hunter”
Mya Breitbart, Professor of Biological Oceanography, never forgets how pivotal the hands-on experience she got through Girl Scout outings was to launching her career, from watching sea turtle eggs hatch to working on her first research cruise on the Great Lakes.
January 28, 2019News
![Sargassum Seaweed Blooms Could Get Worse in 2019. Photo Credit: The Weather Channel](/marine-science/news/images/sargassum-seaweed-blooms-490x327.jpg)
Huge Sargassum Seaweed Blooms Again Threaten Florida, Caribbean and Mexico
Sargassum Seaweed Blooms Could Get Worse in 2019.
January 25, 2019News
![Dust storms from the Sahara supply many important chemical elements to the ocean. In a new study, researchers test how thorium can be used to quantify these elemental fluxes, which can be difficult to measure directly. Photo Credit: NASA](/marine-science/news/images/dust-storms-from-the-sahara-supply-many-important-chemical-elements-to-the-ocean-490x327.jpg)
A Novel Approach Reveals Element Cycles in the Ocean
Dissolved thorium isotopes light the way to a more thorough understanding of how different elements enter marine environments—and how long they stay there.
January 24, 2019News
![C-SCAMP Bathymetry Data in Google Earth](/marine-science/news/images/cscamp-bathymetry-data-in-google-earth-490x327.jpg)
View C-SCAMP’s bathymetry data in Google Earth
C-SCAMP now have files called GeoTIFFs available for download on several of their data product pages.
January 24, 2019News
![Dewey Riou III will assist the USF College of Marine Science community with software and hardware related issues, graphical printing, and general IT support.](/marine-science/news/images/dewey-riou-iii-usf-college-of-marine-science-it-support-specialist-490x327.png)
USF CMS Welcomes New Employee, Dewey Riou III
Dewey Riou III joined the USF College of Marine Science as an IT Support Specialist after working as a Computer System Specialist at FWC’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.
January 15, 2019News
![Kristen Buck, Assistant Professor Chemical Oceanography](/marine-science/news/images/kristen-buck-assistant-professor-chemical-oceanography-490x327.jpg)
Analysis crew to check results of ocean acidification on iron availability to phytoplankton in North Pacific
Kristen Buck, associate professor in the College of Marine Science, is part of an international, three-year effort to understand how ocean acidification affects the availability of iron, which is critical to the growth of the phytoplankton that form the base of the marine food web.
January 14, 2019News
![A surfer on Siesta Beach takes advantage of swells created by a storm front that brought windy weather over the weekend. Morning temperatures dipped into the low 40s across the area. Photo Credit: Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang](/marine-science/news/images/surfer-on-siesta-beach-490x327.jpg)
Warmer weather is returning for a short time
The weather is not expected to change concentrations of red tide in the area.
January 14, 2019News
![The Board of Directors met aboard the M/Y Usher on Nov. 1, 2018 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida](/marine-science/news/images/the-board-of-directors-met-aboard-the-m-y-usher-in-november-2018-in-ft-lauderdale-florida-490x327.jpg)
Mark Luther joins board of the International Seakeepers Society
Mark Luther, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Maritime and Port Studies in the College of Marine Science, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the International SeaKeepers Society.
January 10, 2019News
![Come support the USFCMS students at the Graduate Student Symposium this Friday, January 11, 2019](/marine-science/news/images/36th-usfcms-graduate-student-symposium-490x327.jpg)
USF CMS Students Prepare for the 36th Annual Graduate Student Symposium
This Friday, January 11, 2019, students from USF College of Marine Science will present their research at the 36th annual Graduate Student Symposium.
January 7, 2019News
![Front Cover, Guy Harvey Magazine, Fall 2018 Issue](/marine-science/news/images/guy-harvey-magazine-fall-2018-issue-490x327.png)
C-SCAMP’s Mapping and Seafloor Imaging Work Highlighted in Fall 2018 Issue of Guy Harvey Magazine
Some of the work done by the Continental Shelf Characterization, Assessment, and Mapping Project (C-SCAMP), led by PI Dr. Steve Murawski and Co-PIs Chad Lembke and Dr. Stan Locker, was featured in Guy Harvey Magazine’s Fall 2018 Issue.
December 21, 2018News
![The crustacean krill is one of several types of species impacted by ocean deoxygenation. Krill is important to the diets of fishes, squids and whales. Photo Credit: Stephani Gordon, Open Boat Films.](/marine-science/news/images/crustacean-krill-is-one-of-several-types-of-species-impacted-by-ocean-deoxygenation-490x327.jpg)
Lower Oxygen Levels to Impact the Oceanic Food Chain
A new study published in Science Advances finds just the slightest change in oxygen level could have tremendous ramifications on the food chain.
December 19, 2018News