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Congress Passes the Save Our Seas Act
The House just passed the Save Our Seas Act, which the Senate passed last year.
August 7, 2018News
Oceanography Camp for Girls Unveils New Website
We are thrilled to debut the Oceanography Camp for Girls new website.
August 4, 2018News
Why Don’t the Geosciences Have More Diversity?
One factor may be minorities’ lack of significant childhood experience with outdoor spaces.
Teresa Greely, calls out the ‘alien’ as a squid
An oil rig’s service cam 8,000 ft. underwater spots this unknown creature.
July 30, 2018News
Florida researchers team to map entire Florida coast, wildlife habitats
The USF College of Marine Science is teaming up with the Florida Institute of Oceanography to map the entire Florida coast, as well as gather data on fish spawning areas in the state’s coastal waters.
July 24, 2018News
Engineering Remotely Operated Vehicles
Practicing design collaboration, communication, and some hands-on engineering skills, the ROV Lab campers got to spend a day in the life of an ocean engineer.
July 23, 2018Girls Camp
Masses Of Seaweed Threaten Fisheries And Foul Beaches
Masses of brown seaweed, sometimes a few clumps, often big mounds, line the shore.
July 23, 2018News
Get to know Dinorah Chacin Amorena a PhD student at the Fish Ecology Lab
Dinorah Chacin Amorena, a PhD student at the Fish Ecology Lab gives you a sneak peak into her personal life.
July 16, 2018Blogs and Perspectives, Diversity
Microbiology Techniques with Ocean Critters
The girls of OCG spent two half days with the Dishaw Lab at USFSP identifying and exploring characteristics of microbes from a marine organism.
July 15, 2018Girls Camp
Remote Sensing
The first two lab days, I had four amazing campers who learned how satellites use light from the sun to make interpretations of the environment based off the surface conditions of our oceans.
July 11, 2018Girls Camp
USF CMS Research Team Working as Part of the Cooperative Red Snapper Count
The study is Gulf-wide, extending from Texas to the Dry Tortugas west of the Florida Keys, and seeks to combine technologies and survey approaches to better estimate the size and structure of Red Snapper populations throughout the Gulf of Mexico.
July 10, 2018News
Iron, Bubbles, Oil Spill Troubles
In the Ocean Chemistry labs, campers explored the invisible processes essential to our oceans.
July 9, 2018Girls Camp