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![A perpetually dark landscape of lakes and rivers exists underneath Antarctica’s thick glacial blanket. Photo Credit: J. T. Thomas](/marine-science/news/images/landscape-of-lakes-and-rivers-exists-underneath-antarcticas-thick-glacial-blanket-490x327.jpg)
The hunt for life below Antarctic ice
In the next few weeks, researchers in Antarctica will drill through 1,100 metres of ice into a lake that has remained sealed for millennia. Here’s what they hope to find.
December 14, 2018News
![Boris Galperin, Associate Professor, USF College of Marine Science](/marine-science/news/images/boris-galperin-usf-college-of-marine-science-490x327.jpg)
New Theory has fundamental implications for atmospheric and oceanic sciences
Dr. Galperin, professor of physical oceanography at USF CMS, and Dr. Semion Sukoriansky, from the Ben-Gurion University in Beer Sheva,Israel, have recently developed a new theory of turbulence in rotating systems, such as Earth and other planets.
December 10, 2018News
![Brad Rosenheim, Associate Professor, USF College of Marine Science](/marine-science/news/images/meet-principal-investigator-brad-bosenheim-usf-college-of-marine-science-490x327.jpg)
Meet Principal Investigator Brad Rosenheim
Brad Rosenheim is a Principal Investigator for SALSA, and is an Associate Professor in the College of Marine Sciences at the University of South Florida. However, he is no stranger to cold places: he’s been to Antarctica before, grew up in New Jersey, and went to the University of Vermont as an undergraduate.
December 7, 2018News
![Photo Credit: Subglacial Antarctic Lakes Scientific Access (SALSA)](/marine-science/news/images/subglacial-antarctic-lakes-scientific-access-490x327.jpg)
What’s under the Antarctic Ice Sheet?
A unique method created by a USF associate professor to determine radiocarbon ages, will be central to an expedition expected to transform the way we view the Antarctic continent.
December 5, 2018News
![Michelle Guitard - Expedition Antarctica](/marine-science/news/images/michelle-guitard-expedition-antarctica-490x327.jpg)
USF CMS Doctoral Student To Travel To Antarctica
Michelle Guitard, a PhD student at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science, is going to see these changes first-hand on a two-month expedition to Antarctica.
December 3, 2018News
![Laramie Jensen, Brent Summers and other members of the GP15 team prepare to retrieve the trace metal clean CTD rosette. Telescoping poles are used to attach tag lines. Photo Credit: Alex Fox](/marine-science/news/images/laramie-jensen-and-brett-summers-team-prepare-to-retrieve-the-trace-metal-clean-ctd-rosette-490x327.jpg)
Super Station, Super Techs – Part 1
The ultimate goal of GEOTRACES and GP15 is to better understand the world’s oceans.
November 28, 2018News
![A Junior Scientist explains the diet of Florida black bears at the Imagine Our Florida, Inc. booth during the 2018 St. Petersburg Science Festival.](/marine-science/news/images/a-junior-scientist-explains-the-diet-of-florida-black-bears-at-the-imagine-our-florida-booth-490x327.jpg)
Students Become Teachers in the Junior Scientist Program, a Win-Win for The St. Petersburg Science Festival
At this year’s St. Petersburg Science Festival, held in October, a number of especially young faces in volunteer T-shirts joined the ranks of exhibitors as the Junior Scientist Program completed its fourth year.
November 23, 2018News
![USF President Judy Genshaft (white coat, foreground) and Dr. Steve Murawski (blue coat, background) converse with other guests after giving speeches at the grand opening of the Marine Environmental Chemistry Laboratory at USF CMS.](/marine-science/news/images/the-grand-opening-of-the-marine-environmental-chemistry-laboratory-at-usf-cms-490x327.jpg)
New joint-use laboratory opens thanks to many within and beyond USF CMS
What began in 1940 as a dormitory, complete with a mess hall and classrooms for the United States merchant marines, has since hosted multiple academic departments before becoming the home of USF’s College of Marine Science.
November 6, 2018News
![Will there be enough krill to go around? It’s not an easy question.](/marine-science/news/images/everybody-likes-krill-490x327.jpg)
Everybody Likes Krill
Will there be enough krill to go around? It’s not an easy question.
November 1, 2018News
![Sean Beckwith and Luis Sorinas discuss the impact of ocean acidification on calcifying organisms with members of the St. Pete community.](/marine-science/news/images/sean-beckwith-and-luis-sorinas-discuss-the-impact-of-ocean-acidification-490x327.jpg)
Food Trucks, Vegetables, and Ocean Acidification? USF CMS Takes on the Saturday Morning Market
On Saturday, October 27, 2018, students, staff, and faculty from the College of Marine Science came together to help teach the St. Petersburg community about ocean acidification.
October 31, 2018News
![University of South Florida: A Preeminent Research University](/marine-science/news/images/celebrating-ten-years-of-marine-and-coastal-fisheries-usf-college-of-marine-science-490x327.jpg)
Celebrating 10 Years of Marine and Coastal Fisheries
Congratulations to Dr. Steven Murawski and Dr. Ernst Peebles for the paper that they co-authored being selected in the top 10 for the past decade by the journal Marine and Coastal Fisheries.
October 29, 2018News