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Oceanography Camp for Girls kicks off today
The 2019 Oceanography Camp for Girls kicks off.
June 10, 2019Girls Camp
New study finds over half a million corals killed during Port of Miami dredging
Data show dredging caused widespread damage to coral reefs that protect Miami’s coastline and support fishing and tourism
May 29, 2019News
Florida’s most valuable treasure map?
In an unprecedented four-year, $4.5 million effort, a team led by the USF College of Marine Science to map the seafloor off the west Florida coast will double the area surveyed to date—but even then it’s less than 10 percent of the goal.
May 24, 2019News
Pamela Hallock Muller Awarded the Prestigious Raymond C. Moore Medal
Pamela Hallock Muller recently received the prestigious Raymond C. Moore Medal, which is presented by the the Society for Sedimentary Geology for sustained excellence in paleontology.
May 21, 2019Awards
Team of Scientists Is Working to Develop a Marine Biodiversity Observation Network in the Americas, from Pole to Pole
This year’s workshop saw the first fruits of the inaugural workshop held during the 2018 AmeriGEOSS Week in Sao Sebastiao, Brazil, organized by the MBON Pole to Pole Americas, a project implemented by Enrique Montes (USFCMS) as a stepping stone of the global MBON.
May 17, 2019News
Shipwreck Hunter David Mearns Rivets Packed House at Mahaffey Theater
Mearns, an alumnus of the USF College of Marine Science (USFCMS, Class of ’86) and Director of Blue Water Recoveries, Limited, was in town from his home in England because he was awarded USF’s highest award, the President’s Global Leadership Award.
May 11, 2019News
Defying odds, seafloor mapping team discovers 3 uncharted wrecks in a single day
To build detailed images of the suspected wrecks, Hommeyer and Brizzolara returned to the location of each wreck, performing multiple passes from several angles to avoid any gaps in data caused by “shadows” from the overlying features.
May 6, 2019News
36 hours on a small boat: Bay to river carbonate system water measurements
Chris Moore, USFCMS student and employee of the USGS, recently completed river 4 of 4 in his dry season water sampling of Tampa Bay rivers as he embarks on a scientific census of sorts to describe the waters of Tampa Bay in relation to the threat of ocean acidification.
May 1, 2019Blogs and Perspectives, News
CMS Students Bring a Taste of Science to the Community
“Taste of Science” is a festival that takes place in cities around the country. Its mission is to give the community a sampling of science at locales they already frequent.
May 1, 2019News
Lessons from a new model: Shelled animals in some coastal areas may lose their ‘shirts’ to climate change faster than others
The oceans are warming, losing oxygen, and growing more acidic, and this study sheds light on how some coastal areas may have greater immunity to these changes than others.
April 29, 2019News
Remembering the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Local artists and scientists gathered to commemorate the historic Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill that occurred on April 20th, 2010.
April 19, 2019Blogs and Perspectives
Crap! That’s a lot of Curry!
A team at the USF College of Marine Science was startled to find that a plant-borne virus dominates the viral community in human feces – and it could be a boon to water quality monitoring around the globe.
April 18, 2019News