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Collaboration and progress at the Florida Coastal Mapping Program’s annual summit
The Florida Coastal Mapping Program, a mapping group coordinating the collection of bathymetric data along Florida’s coastline, held its annual summit in March.
March 24, 2025News, Resiliency News
CMS in the News 2025
The USF College of Marine Science news team is dedicated to sharing USF CMS's research to local, regional, and global audiences. View CMS in the news for 2025.
March 23, 2025CMS in the News
Viruses identified in red tide blooms for the first time
In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers used viral metagenomics to identify several viruses — including one new viral species — present in blooms of K. brevis, more commonly known as red tide.
March 20, 2025News
Researchers identify ‘tipping point’ that caused Sargassum inundations in the Caribbean
The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has puzzled researchers since 2011. A new model demonstrates that the alga was brought to the tropics by strong currents, and thrived in ideal growing conditions.
March 13, 2025News
Pamela Hallock Muller named University of South Florida Distinguished University Professor
A world-renowned biogeological oceanographer, Pamela Hallock Muller’s incredible career started at the College in 1983.
February 18, 2025Awards, Blogs and Perspectives, News
Senate panel advances coastal resiliency bill focused on ‘green-gray infrastructure’
The measure (SB 50) would establish more stringent standards for the development, maintenance and restoration of resilient “green infrastructure,” like mangroves, reefs and spoil islands, and “gray infrastructure” such as seawalls, flood pumps and ditches.
February 12, 2025Florida Flood Hub
Students make a splash at the 41st annual Graduate Student Symposium
The USF College of Marine Science (CMS) hosted its 41st annual Graduate Student Symposium (GSS) on Friday, January 31. GSS is an opportunity for CMS students to present their research to the community via oral or poster presentations.
February 10, 2025Blogs and Perspectives
St. Pete Science Festival and MarineQuest return to spark curiosity and expand knowledge in STEM and art
The St. Petersburg Science Festival and MarineQuest are back with engaging and informative activities in marine science, biology, chemistry, art and beyond.
February 7, 2025Blogs and Perspectives
Chuanmin Hu elected to 2025 class of Optica Fellows
Chuanmin Hu was honored for his significant contributions to ocean optics and remote sensing, particularly for innovative research in algorithms and applications on ocean algae.
The influence of California’s wildfires on marine trace metals
Zach Bunnell, a doctoral student in the lab of Tim Conway, is the lead author on a paper published in Geophysical Research Letters. The paper found that iron from wildfires in California makes it to the equatorial pacific, where it may influence surface productivity.
February 5, 2025Publication Highlights
USF scientists deploy tsunami-sensing buoy, aiding future warning system
The Shallow Underwater Buoy for Geodesy (SUBGEO) system is a research partnership between the USF School of Geosciences, the College of Marine Science, and international collaborators.
January 23, 2025News
A Journey Through Art & Science Night at CMS
CMS hosted the third annual Art & Science Night, where labs hosted activities that blended creative art pieces with science.
January 6, 2025Blogs and Perspectives