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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

Rising Tides Newsletter, December 2019 edition.

Rising Tides - December 2019

View some of the highlights in the Rising Tides Newsletter, February 2021 edition.

December 11, 2019Rising Tides Newsletter

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

From left to right, back row, Bea Combs, Jing Chen, Professor Al Hine, Mr. Jim Aresty. Front row: Mr. Jason Mathis, Ryan Venturelli and Jonathan Sharp. Not pictured: Ellie Hudson-Heck.

Von Rosenstiel Innovation Fund for Marine Science Awards

Congratulations to the inaugural Von Rosenstiel Innovation Fund for Marine Science Award winners: Ryan Venturelli, Jonathan Sharp, and Jing Chen!

December 10, 2019Newsletter Articles

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

Ph.D. student Natalia Lopez, dicussing her undergraduate research using stable isotopes to predict the impacts of sea level rise in a natural reserve in Puerto Rico.

Great American Teach In – Largo High School

During the day of the event Natalia Lopez was going to talk to only one group, but both the students and teachers asked if Natalia Lopez could stay longer to ask more questions, talk to their friends in other grades and get more details about these opportunities.

November 19, 2019Blogs and Perspectives, Community Engagement

Makenzie Kerr with a 3rd grade class, holding up the fish coloring pages they got by deciphering which fish their egg was from.

The Great American Teach In 2019

The “Great American Teach In” is a fun opportunity for community members to talk to kids about their careers and the experiences they had to get to where they are in their field.

November 19, 2019Blogs and Perspectives, Community Engagement

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

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