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CMS in the News 2025
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March 31, 2025CMS in the News
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March 31, 2025Rising Tides Newsletter
Rising Tides - March 2025
View some of the highlights in the Rising Tides Newsletter, March 2025 edition.
March 31, 2025Rising Tides Newsletter
New Sargassum system takes aim at a troublesome seaweed
Resource managers in South Florida have a new tool in their fight against Sargassum thanks to a five-year, $3.2-million grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Monitoring and Event Response for Harmful Algal Blooms program.
March 28, 2025News
Eleven USF faculty among 2024 class of Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science elected 11 University of South Florida faculty members to its 2024 class of Fellows, the third largest cohort of AAAS Fellows from any university in the nation.
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
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