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![Coccolithophore (milky blue) and diatoms (dark green) blooms in the Black Sea between southeastern Europe and western Asia at various times of year. Photo credit: OLCI on the Sentinel-3B satellite.](/marine-science/news/images/coccolithophore-and-diatoms-blooms-in-the-black-sea-490x327.png)
From space to canvas: Observing ocean color
Using remote sensing instruments on satellites, researchers can study the color of the ocean from space. Some of those striking satellite images are now on display at CMS.
June 24, 2024Blogs and Perspectives
![In this video, College of Engineering student Jaden Crute discusses the development of TREVOR during her internship with COMIT.](/marine-science/news/images/jaden-crute-reu-intern-2024-490x327.png)
Engineering for Ocean Science Research
Developed by COMIT at the College of Marine Science, the uncrewed surface vehicle called TREVOR (Test Robotics Environment Vehicle for Ocean Research) demonstrates a cost-effective way to conduct marine research.
June 3, 2024Blogs and Perspectives, Diversity
![COMIT Interns, Zoe Brooker (left) and Katherin Abreus-Rodriguez (right), on the cruise next to the water sampling processing set-up. PHOTO CREDIT: Sarah Grasty.](/marine-science/news/images/zoe-brooker-and-katherin-abreus-rodrigue-comit-interns-on-the-cruise-490x327.jpg)
An exploration into the ocean: USF & SPC Students learn on land and at sea
Ocean air, heavy with the scent of salt and adventure, fills the lungs of passengers, as they step aboard the R/V WT Hogarth destined for scientific exploration.
May 15, 2024Blogs and Perspectives
![A pile of oyster shells at an outreach event at Booker Creek Preserve in Tarpon Springs. Participants strung the shells together to create vertical oyster gardens. PHOTO CREDIT: Jess Van Vaerenbergh](/marine-science/news/images/pile-of-oyster-shells-at-an-outreach-event-at-booker-creek-preserve-490x327.png)
Can oyster gardens clean Tampa Bay? This CMS student wants to find out
CMS student combines her oyster filtration research and citizen science to build VOGs at community outreach events.
May 9, 2024Blogs and Perspectives, News
![Congratulations to the 2024 Spoonbill Bowl Winners](/marine-science/news/images/competition-spoonbill-bowl-2024-490x327.jpg)
Congratulations to the 2024 Spoonbill Bowl Winners
The Spoonbill Bowl is a regional National Ocean Sciences Bowl hosted by USF CMS.
April 5, 2024Blogs and Perspectives, Community Engagement
![The seventeen student presentations covered research into biological, chemical, geological, and physical oceanography, from fish spawning to satellite monitoring.](/marine-science/news/images/seventeen-usf-cms-students-present-research-biological-chemical-geological-physical-oceanography-490x327.jpg)
CMS celebrates 40 years of Graduate Student Symposiums
The breadth of topics covered during the 2024 Graduate Student Symposium illustrates the impressive scope of science conducted at the College of Marine Science.
February 13, 2024Blogs and Perspectives
![Student Macarena Martin Mayor working on spectrophotometric techniques in the Byrne lab.](/marine-science/news/images/macarena-martin-mayor-working-on-spectrophotometric-techniques-490x327.jpg)
Six CMS students awarded the 2024 SAML student award
Six students from the USF College of Marine Science are recipients of the SAML Student Awards for 2024.
January 30, 2024Awards, Blogs and Perspectives
![Organized by researchers at the USF College of Marine Science, the Collaborative Oceanographic Research & Education (CORE) cruise gave students from the USF St. Petersburg campus and St. Petersburg College the opportunity to apply their skills aboard a five-day cruise on the Florida Institute of Oceanography’s R/V Weatherbird II.](/marine-science/news/images/2023-core-cruise-documentary-student-at-sea-490x327.png)
Ocean research cruise trains tomorrow’s marine scientists through hands-on fieldwork
Oceanographic education and research combined for students aboard the five-day CORE cruise on the Florida Institute of Oceanography’s R/V Weatherbird II.
December 14, 2023Blogs and Perspectives, News
![CMS graduate students Lydia Ruggles and Emma Graves, and CMS Ocean Circulation Lab intern, Samantha D’Angelo.](/marine-science/news/images/congrats-cms-grad-students-and-intern-win-2023-vembu-award-490x327.png)
CMS grads and intern win the 2023 Vembu Subramanian Ocean Scholars Award
Congratulations to CMS graduate students Lydia Ruggle and Emma Grave who recently received the 2023 Vembu Subramanian Ocean Scholars Award.
December 6, 2023Awards, Blogs and Perspectives
![Stella, shown here, and Sam are part of the USF College of Marine Science’s fleet of oceanic gliders, the oft underappreciated workhorses of oceanography. PHOTO CREDIT: Garrett Miller, Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies.](/marine-science/news/images/comit-glider-stella-490x327.png)
Stella and Sam: a pair of gliders on a mission
Staff and students from the Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies (COMIT) recently sailed aboard the R/V WT Hogarth to collect data using a pair of uncrewed, underwater gliders.
September 28, 2023Blogs and Perspectives
![The Fall 2023 CMS Faculty Seminar](/marine-science/news/images/cms-fall-2023-faculty-seminar-490x328.jpg)
Watch the Fall 2023 CMS Faculty Seminar
The annual faculty seminars offer an opportunity for students to get to know their professors and peers.
September 6, 2023Blogs and Perspectives
![Jaden Crute, USF B.S. Engineering Student](/marine-science/news/images/jaden-crute-usf-engineering-student-490x327.jpg)
Putting robots in the water: the trials and tribulations of marine engineering
Marine engineering isn’t typically something you would think of when imagining an engineer’s potential career path. Despite this, it makes a lot of sense that the fields of marine science and engineering overlap.
August 7, 2023Blogs and Perspectives