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![OCG 2019 at Caladesi Island](/marine-science/news/images/understanding-barrier-islands-ocg-2019-490x327.jpg)
Understanding Barrier Islands
In order to understand how barrier islands move, the campers needed to learn about the longshore current.
June 20, 2019Girls Camp
![Studying mangroves OCG 2019](/marine-science/news/images/understanding-black-mangroves-leaves-490x327.jpg)
Going Out On a Limb for Mangroves
Each mangrove cements themselves in the peat of the coastline slowing down water and protecting our coasts from erosion.
June 18, 2019Girls Camp
![Out at sea OCG 2019](/marine-science/news/images/usf-docks-bright-and-early-for-their-research-cruise-490x327.jpg)
All Aboard! OCG Goes Out to Sea
OCG campers arrived at the USF docks bright and early for their research cruise.
June 17, 2019Girls Camp
![Collections Group led by Teresa collected water, sediment, and plankton samples for the other groups to examine.](/marine-science/news/images/collections-group-collected-water-sediment-plankton-samples-490x327.jpg)
Roll with the Sea
Working as one big team, the Collections Group led by Teresa collected water, sediment, and plankton samples for the other groups to examine.
June 16, 2019Girls Camp
![Kayaking adventure to Shell Key](/marine-science/news/images/kayaking-adventure-to-shell-key-490x327.jpg)
A Day at the Beach
While the wind was howling in from the southwest at around 14 miles per hour, all the kayaks made fairly easy work of the trip.
June 14, 2019Girls Camp
![Blue bioluminescence produced by red Noctiluca scintillans near Taiwan’s Matsu Islands. Researchers now have a way to study the sparkly organisms by satellite. Credit: Yu-Xian Yang, Lienchiang county government, Taiwan](/marine-science/news/images/blue-tears-bioluminescent-seas-yu-xian-yang-490x327.jpg)
China’s sparkling bioluminescent seas are glowing brighter
Scientists report in a new study they have found a way for satellites to track the bioluminescent plankton responsible for producing “blue tears” in China’s coastal waters and found the sparkly creatures have become more abundant in recent years.
June 12, 2019News
![The 2019 Ocean Discovery XPRIZE awards ceremony winners](/marine-science/news/images/ocean-discovery-xprize-winners-2019-490x327.jpg)
USF CMS Community Shines in Historic XPRIZE Competition
XPRIZE, the world leader in designing and operating competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges, recently announced the winners in the $7M Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE.
June 12, 2019News
![Oceanography Camp for Girls 2019](/marine-science/news/images/oceanography-camp-for-girls-2019-490x327.jpg)
The First Day of Camp
Oceanography Camp for Girls 2019 is finally upon us and in full swing!
June 11, 2019Girls Camp
![Oceanography Camp for Girls kick off](/marine-science/news/images/oceanography-camp-for-girls-kicks-off-2019-490x327.jpg)
Oceanography Camp for Girls kicks off today
The 2019 Oceanography Camp for Girls kicks off.
June 10, 2019Girls Camp
![Landsat-8 image of the Port of Miami and surrounding waters from April 24, 2014, showing the size and location of the sediment plume. Photo Credit: Brian Barnes / USGS](/marine-science/news/images/land-sat8-sediment-plume-image-april-24-2014-490x327..jpg)
New study finds over half a million corals killed during Port of Miami dredging
Data show dredging caused widespread damage to coral reefs that protect Miami’s coastline and support fishing and tourism
May 29, 2019News
![This is a bathymetry map of The Elbow, a popular fish hangout, that was collected by the USF College of Marine Science (USFCMS) team. The Elbow area has a prominent north-south ridge feature that sits more than 115 miles west of Tampa Bay in nearly 180 feet of water. The red color indicates the top of ridge in the Elbow reaches nearly 25 feet above the surrounding seafloor – about the height of a typical telephone pole.](/marine-science/news/images/elbow-ridge-and-trough-490x327.jpg)
Florida’s most valuable treasure map?
In an unprecedented four-year, $4.5 million effort, a team led by the USF College of Marine Science to map the seafloor off the west Florida coast will double the area surveyed to date—but even then it’s less than 10 percent of the goal.
May 24, 2019News
![Dr. Pamela Hallock Muller receiving the Raymond C. Moore Medal from Dr. Lynn Soreghan, President of SEPM and James Roy Maxey Professor of Geology at the University of Oklahoma.](/marine-science/news/images/pamela-hallock-muller-awarded-the-prestigious-raymond-c-moore-medal-490x327.jpg)
Pamela Hallock Muller Awarded the Prestigious Raymond C. Moore Medal
Pamela Hallock Muller recently received the prestigious Raymond C. Moore Medal, which is presented by the the Society for Sedimentary Geology for sustained excellence in paleontology.
May 21, 2019Awards