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Dewey Riou III will assist the USF College of Marine Science community with software and hardware related issues, graphical printing, and general IT support.

USF CMS Welcomes New Employee, Dewey Riou III

Dewey Riou III joined the USF College of Marine Science as an IT Support Specialist after working as a Computer System Specialist at FWC’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.

January 15, 2019News

Kristen Buck, Assistant Professor Chemical Oceanography

Analysis crew to check results of ocean acidification on iron availability to phytoplankton in North Pacific

Kristen Buck, associate professor in the College of Marine Science, is part of an international, three-year effort to understand how ocean acidification affects the availability of iron, which is critical to the growth of the phytoplankton that form the base of the marine food web.

January 14, 2019News

A surfer on Siesta Beach takes advantage of swells created by a storm front that brought windy weather over the weekend. Morning temperatures dipped into the low 40s across the area. Photo Credit: Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang

Warmer weather is returning for a short time

The weather is not expected to change concentrations of red tide in the area.

January 14, 2019News

The Board of Directors met aboard the M/Y Usher on Nov. 1, 2018 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Mark Luther joins board of the International Seakeepers Society

Mark Luther, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Maritime and Port Studies in the College of Marine Science, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the International SeaKeepers Society.

January 10, 2019News

Come support the USFCMS students at the Graduate Student Symposium this Friday, January 11, 2019

USF CMS Students Prepare for the 36th Annual Graduate Student Symposium

This Friday, January 11, 2019, students from USF College of Marine Science will present their research at the 36th annual Graduate Student Symposium.

January 7, 2019News

Front Cover, Guy Harvey Magazine, Fall 2018 Issue

C-SCAMP’s Mapping and Seafloor Imaging Work Highlighted in Fall 2018 Issue of Guy Harvey Magazine

Some of the work done by the Continental Shelf Characterization, Assessment, and Mapping Project (C-SCAMP), led by PI Dr. Steve Murawski and Co-PIs Chad Lembke and Dr. Stan Locker, was featured in Guy Harvey Magazine’s Fall 2018 Issue.

December 21, 2018News

The crustacean krill is one of several types of species impacted by ocean deoxygenation. Krill is important to the diets of fishes, squids and whales. Photo Credit: Stephani Gordon, Open Boat Films.

Lower Oxygen Levels to Impact the Oceanic Food Chain

A new study published in Science Advances finds just the slightest change in oxygen level could have tremendous ramifications on the food chain.

December 19, 2018News

USF College of Marine Science in the News

CMS in the News - 2018

The USF College of Marine Science news team is dedicated to sharing USF CMS's story to a global audience. View CMS in the news for 2018.

December 18, 2018CMS in the News

A perpetually dark landscape of lakes and rivers exists underneath Antarctica’s thick glacial blanket. Photo Credit: J. T. Thomas

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

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

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)

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

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