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CMPS Personnel Attend Salute to US Coast Guard

The event was sponsored by the International Propeller Club, Port of Tampa, The Tampa Council, Navy League of the United States and the Coast Guard Foundation, and included recognition of currently serving Coast Guard members, reservists, and auxiliary.

January 28, 2020News

Participants of the Ecopath35 conference pose for a group photo on the seawall at the College of Marine Science.

Advancing Ecosystem Science in St. Pete

The USF College of Marine Science hosted a series of events in December to help advance ecosystem science and ecosystem-based fisheries management.

January 6, 2020News

Large tabular icebergs located between Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf and the A-68 ice island, which calved off of the Larsen C last year, as seen on a NASA Operation IceBridge mission on Oct. 16, 2018. (NASA/Jefferson Beck)

New iron release pathway discovered in Antarctic sediment core study

Iron is important for plant-like algae that form throughout the world’s oceans, taking carbon dioxide from the air to form organic matter which can sink to the bottom of the ocean and be buried in ocean floor sediments.

December 21, 2019News

Fish shoal. Photo Credit: Steve De Neef

Ocean Running Low on Oxygen

USF CMS professor, Dr. Brad Seibel, co-authors the latest IUCN report covering ocean deoxygenation

December 12, 2019News

Foraminifera as bioindicators of water quality.

Forams: Small but Mighty Water-Quality Indicators

A study reported recently in Environmental Pollution outlines the strengths and limitations of the FI, which was first developed based on studies in the Atlantic and Caribbean.

December 11, 2019News

The Permian Basin region of West Texas would be a strong candidate for the bleakest area in America, if ever there is such a competition. The dust storms blowing south from Lubbock provide a sense of history; literally a “taste” of what farmers experienced in the “Dirty ‘30s.” Yet many geologists have worked there sometime in their careers since the Permian Basin has been a major source of America’s oil and gas for more than a century.

Blooming Where Planted in West Texas

By Pamela Hallock, PhD.

December 10, 2019News

Egmont Key Buoy in the Gulf of Mexico

USF Geoscientists Develop Technology to Improve Forecasting of Earthquakes, Tsunamis

Prototype has been tested off Egmont Key, potential uses could span the globe

November 21, 2019News

Water is thick green with Microcystis (a type of blue-green algae) in the Caloosahatchee River off North Shore Park in Fort Myers, Florida. Photo wastaken in 2018. Credit: Brian Cousin, Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute.

NASA-Funded Project Spurs New Collaboration to Better Understand Recent South Florida Blue-Green Algal Blooms

University scientists team up with water management agency in a NASA-funded project to improve our understanding of cyanobacteria blooms using state-of-the-art remote sensing, models, and field surveys.

November 20, 2019News

Map showing the location of the nine sample areas in the northern Gulf of Mexico for a six-year effort (2012-2017) to sample tilefish close to the historic Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Gulf of Mexico Tilefish: Recent Checkup Shows Compromised Health Since Historic Oil Spill

Study led by USF College of Marine Science in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill shows that oil exposure is up while overall health is down—even if population numbers seem OK

November 12, 2019News

Dr. Angela Lodge – Angie --facilitated the visit to Clam Bayou, home base for the USF CMS Oceanography Camp for Girls. The visit, held November 5, 2019, was featured as part of the US State Department’s “Hidden No More” Women in STEM initiative.

Global US Department of State’s Women in STEM Program Visits Oceanography Camp for Girls (OCG)

Eight women leaders from Argentina to Vietnam visited Clam Bayou and the USF CMS for a taste of the OCG experience meant to inspire new programming around the world.

November 6, 2019News

Dr. Christina Simoniello guides young students through an activity at the GCOOS booth during the 2017 St. Pete Science Festival.

A Q&A with CMS Alum, Dr. Chris Simoniello

Christina Simoniello is the 2019 first place winner of the Gulf Guardian Award in the Individual category for her work with the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS).

November 4, 2019News

Dr. David Naar explains some related geological concepts to the estuaries honors class.

CMS Faculty Teach USF Honors Undergraduates About Estuaries in the Class and at Sea

Nineteen undergraduate students from the Honors College at USF are learning about estuaries and coastal processes in a course newly offered by faculty and graduate students of the USF College of Marine Science (CMS) in the classroom and at sea.

October 31, 2019News

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