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David Mearns told Sky News his team located Emiliano Sala's plane wreckage. Photo Credit: Sky News

David Mearns: Who is The Shipwreck Hunter that found Sala’s plane?

David Mearns led the team that found the footballer's plane - but it wasn't his first major find.

February 4, 2019News

David Mearns worked with Emiliano Sala's family to launch a private search for the plane he went missing in. Photo Credit: Sky News

‘One Occupant Visible’ in Emiliano Sala Plane Wreckage – Investigators

The plane's registration number can be seen on the wreckage which is largely in one piece, shipwreck hunter David Mearns said.

February 4, 2019News

The 1a Podcast

Don Chambers on NPR: to discuss Florida and Climate Change

Don Chambers will be a guest on a live broadcast on NPR Monday morning as part of the 1A show hosted by Joshua Johnson.

February 3, 2019News

Research divers reboard the Weatherbird after visually examining the new buoy. (Photo credit: Jay Law)

24 hours of Oceanography: offshore buoy deployment and validation

Hard physical work, requiring sharp mental faculties amid rolling seas and unknowns, is just one aspect of field work that oceanographers must prepare for.

February 1, 2019Blogs and Perspectives

Oil Rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo Credit: C-IMAGE

The Loop – Episode 12: Marine Technology Society (MTS) TechSurge

In February 2018, a pair of unrelated science conferences were hosted in New Orleans, LA during the same week: Underwater Intervention, and the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Sciences Conference.

February 1, 2019News

Chief Scientist, Jay Law, captures this photo as he examines the buoy and mooring line.

USGS – USF CMS can now monitor carbon off Florida coast

A recent collaboration between the two groups allowed for the successful deployment of a re-engineered oceanographic buoy with additional Ocean Carbon System sensors.

February 1, 2019News

Shaojie Sun measured spectral reflectance in an oil tank experiment at the Ohmsett facility in New Jersey. Photo Credit: Ohmsett Facility

Study Develops Algorithm to Detect Surface Oil and Thickness

Scientists analyzed spectral images of surface oil slicks and proposed a new method to determine oil distribution and thickness when high resolution imagery is not available.

January 30, 2019News

Mya Breitbart Elected as a new Fellow into ASM

Mya Breitbart Elected as a 2019 Fellow into the American Society for Microbiology

Mya Breitbart, who has been elected as a new Fellow in the American Society for Microbiology in recognition of her groundbreaking achievements in studying viruses.

January 29, 2019Awards, News

Mya Breitbart in the Marine Geonomics Lab. Photo Credit: Amie Blodgett

Mya Breitbart: Decoding Marine Mysteries With “The Virus Hunter”

Mya Breitbart, Professor of Biological Oceanography, never forgets how pivotal the hands-on experience she got through Girl Scout outings was to launching her career, from watching sea turtle eggs hatch to working on her first research cruise on the Great Lakes.

January 28, 2019News

Sargassum Seaweed Blooms Could Get Worse in 2019. Photo Credit: The Weather Channel

Huge Sargassum Seaweed Blooms Again Threaten Florida, Caribbean and Mexico

Sargassum Seaweed Blooms Could Get Worse in 2019.

January 25, 2019News

Dust storms from the Sahara supply many important chemical elements to the ocean. In a new study, researchers test how thorium can be used to quantify these elemental fluxes, which can be difficult to measure directly. Photo Credit: NASA

A Novel Approach Reveals Element Cycles in the Ocean

Dissolved thorium isotopes light the way to a more thorough understanding of how different elements enter marine environments—and how long they stay there.

January 24, 2019News

C-SCAMP Bathymetry Data in Google Earth

View C-SCAMP’s bathymetry data in Google Earth

C-SCAMP now have files called GeoTIFFs available for download on several of their data product pages.

January 24, 2019News

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