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![IMaRS focuses on marine biodiversity](/marine-science/news/images/imars-focuses-on-marine-biodiversity-490x327.jpg)
Remote Sensing, a necessary tool for studying biodiversity at effective scales
Dr. Frank Muller Karger and his group at the Institute for Marine Remote Sensing collaborate with a larger network of scientists and resource managers to catalog biodiversity as it has never been done before: with consistency of data from region to region and at scales that reveal the important connectivity among the gradient of marine habitats.
November 28, 2017News
![Amelia Shevenell: Ice Sheet Growth, Collapse and Sea Level Rise](/marine-science/news/images/ice-sheet-growth-amelia-shevenell-490x327.jpg)
Recent Antarctic Expeditions Uncover Clues to Antarctic Ice Sheet Evolution and Climate Sensitivity
Since she was an undergraduate, Amelia Shevenell has been interested in how ocean and atmospheric temperatures influence Antarctica’s ice sheets in the distant and not-so-distant past.
October 10, 2017News
![Marine organisms are affected by increasing temperatures and by declining oxygen and pH levels associated with changes in the global climate.](/marine-science/news/images/brad-seibel-climate-and-redistribution-of-life-in-the-sea-490x327.jpg)
Climate and the redistribution of life in the sea
Dr. Brad Seibel and fellow researchers seek to better understand how these changes affect unique as well as commercially important species in the oceans and to eventually map critical areas of depleted oxygen concentrations.
July 12, 2017News
![The Oceanography Camp for Girls was developed to inspire and motivate young women entering high school to consider career opportunities in the sciences](/marine-science/news/images/oceanography-camp-for-girls-2017-490x327.jpg)
Oceanography Camp for Girls 2017
The Oceanography Camp for Girls, which held its 25th anniversary last year, has just graduated another class of aspiring scientists and environmentally conscious thinkers.
July 5, 2017Community Engagement, News
![Over 30 girls, ages 7 to 9, visited the College of Marine Science to interact with the faculty, researchers, and student scientists on campus.](/marine-science/news/images/girls-inc-visits-usf-college-of-marine-science-490x327.jpg)
Girls Inc of Pinellas visits the College of Marine Science
Over 30 girls, ages 7 to 9, visited the College of Marine Science to interact with the faculty, researchers, and student scientists on campus
June 23, 2017Community Engagement, News
![One billion liters of seawater would be required to gather just 25 grams of iron, yet this trace element is essential to every form of life on the planet.](/marine-science/news/images/trace-metal-chemistry-less-is-more-490x327.jpg)
Trace metal chemistry: less is more
One billion liters of seawater would be required to gather just 25 grams of iron, yet this trace element is essential to every form of life on the planet.
May 30, 2017News
![Port St. Petersburg: Marine Exploration Center](/marine-science/news/images/port-of-st-petersburg-marine-exploration-center-490x327.jpg)
Port St. Petersburg: Marine Exploration Center
In conjunction with a renovated Port Saint Petersburg, the Marine Exploration Center is set to open by the end of this year.
May 24, 2017News
![Port St. Petersburg: Marine Exploration Center](/marine-science/news/images/maritime-and-port-studies-education-and-skills-for-safer-harbors-490x327.jpg)
Center for Maritime and Port Studies: Education and skills for safer harbors
An expanded use of port facilities will require an increasing number of technically trained workers, particularly as security tightens at ports around the country.
May 22, 2017News
![Fish Egg DNA: Discovering new spawning grounds](/marine-science/news/images/new-effective-dna-method-for-discovering-fish-spawning-grounds-490x327.jpg)
New, effective DNA method for discovering fish spawning grounds
A collaboration of two labs at the College of Marine Science uses a new method to discover fish spawning grounds through analysis of the DNA in fish eggs.
May 8, 2017News
![USF CMS sunset](/marine-science/news/images/usf-cms-sunset-490-327.jpg)
USF CMS kicked off the 2017 New Year, with Diversity Workshop
The workshop gave an overview of the ten most salient identities: ability, age, ethnicity, race, national origin, faith, sex, gender, sexual orientation, and socio economic status.
![Mind Open Media producer David Levin talks to Dana Wetzel, Matt Resley, and Kevan Main about the risks fish have during oil spills and how this knowledge can assist response decisions.](/marine-science/news/images/the-loop-with-david-levin-of-mind-open-media-490-327.jpg)
The Loop – Episode 10: The Risks for Fish
Mind Open Media producer David Levin talks to Dana Wetzel, Matt Resley, and Kevan Main about the risks fish have during oil spills and how this knowledge can assist response decisions.
February 4, 2017News
![The Loop takes a deep dive into the Gulf of Mexico with the researchers studying the processes, mechanisms, and impacts of after two mega oil spills, Deepwater Horizon and Ixtoc I. Researchers from C-IMAGE discuss their studies with David Levin of Mind Open Media.](/marine-science/news/images/the-loop-with-david-levin-of-mind-open-media-490-327.jpg)
The Loop – Episode 9: Forensic Science
The Loop takes a deep dive into the Gulf of Mexico with the researchers studying the processes, mechanisms, and impacts of after two mega oil spills, Deepwater Horizon and Ixtoc I. Researchers from C-IMAGE discuss their studies with David Levin of Mind Open Media.
January 10, 2017News