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Fulbright student Imogen Browne

Get to know PhD student Imogen Browne

Get an up-close look at this fascinating two-month expedition to research 20 million years of ice sheet history.

January 22, 2018News

USF CMS Sunset

Crossing the Ross Sea Polynya and other antics

The JOIDES Resolution is now following RV/IB Nathaniel B Palmer into the Ross Sea Polynya, which is Earth’s largest ice making factory.

January 16, 2018News

Josh Kilborn's Commencement Speech

Inspirational Commencement Speech Delivered by Joshua P. Kilborn

Graduate student commencement speech delivered by Josh Kilborn, PhD student, University of South Florida College of Marine Science.

January 10, 2018News

USF CMS Sunset

USF CMS Dean Jackie Dixon publishes new paper on deep earth cycling of carbon and water

Her research explores the origins of water and carbon dioxide on earth using measurements of water and carbon dioxide concentrations and ratios of hydrogen and other stable isotopes. 

January 8, 2018News

USF CMS Sunset

USF College of Marine Science Geologists Join International Antarctic Expedition

Investigating 23 million years of past climate change and West Antarctic Ice Sheet response in a region that is sensitive to changes in ocean and atmospheric warming and contributes to global sea level change.

January 8, 2018News

IMaRS focuses on marine biodiversity

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

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.

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

2017 OCG Leadership

OCG Food for Thought: Fish Banks

Campers participated in an interactive simulation in which the girls played the roles of fisherwomen in a commercial fishing fleet.

July 7, 2017Girls Camp

Behind the scenes tour of the SeaWorld rescue operations.

OCG Wrapping Up: SeaWorld Trip

SeaWorld was a wonderful finale to the Oceanography Camp

July 7, 2017Girls Camp

The Oceanography Camp for Girls was developed to inspire and motivate young women entering high school to consider career opportunities in the sciences

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

Preparing the samples for use in the TEM and SEM.

OCG in the Lab: Electron Microscopy

With the TEM, the girls were able to look into the middle of cells, and see all the organelles, including the mitrochondria, the “powerhouse” of a cell. They were also able to see bacteria, and even individual viruses.

July 3, 2017Girls Camp

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