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Seven Year Study Reveals Data to Protect Oceans Against Future Oil Spills
Researchers just published results of a seven-year study, recording the most comprehensive data available of marine life throughout the entire Gulf of Mexico.
July 8, 2018News
GRIIDC Hires USF CMS Alumna Inia Soto Ramos to Specialize in Ocean Satellite Data
In her new role with the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), she will work as a data curator to review scientific data sets on their way to the GRIIDC ERDDAP server.
July 6, 2018News
Fish Banks: Learning about conservation
The second to last day of camp is the day of the Fish Banks game, or as I like to call it, the “Best Day of Camp”!
July 5, 2018Girls Camp
Gulf Steam Eddies supply iron to the iron-starved North Atlantic Gyre
Understanding the role of metals in ocean ecosystems is thus a research priority for a number of faculty at the USF College of Marine Science, and internationally.
July 2, 2018News
Lab Days: Fish Ecology
The girls got a crash course on the common characteristics of fishes and the important local species we have here in the Tampa Bay area.
July 2, 2018Girls Camp
Lab Days: Electron Microscopy
The objective of this lab was to explore the Ocean Microcosm using the Transmission (TEM) and Scanning Electron microscopes (SEM) and record images of some these marine microbes.
June 29, 2018Girls Camp
In the Field: Explorations on Caladesi Island
The goal of the field trip was to explore and examine the processes that shape and change barrier islands.
June 25, 2018Girls Camp
Lab Days: Fisheries and Habitat Conservation
Campers learned about marine protected areas (MPAs) and the approaches scientists use to study fish populations.
June 22, 2018Girls Camp
Next week is Lightning Awareness Week
Tropical storms have been on the move since May, a little earlier than usual this year, and right now is as good a time as ever to brush up on your lightning safety protocols.
June 21, 2018News
Heading to the beach? Get ready for thick, slimy seaweed
The reason for the heavy growth of seaweed remains unclear, said Chuanmin Hu, of the University of South Florida.
June 20, 2018News
In the field: Cruise aboard the R/V ANGARI
Over the course of our three days at sea, campers had the opportunity to sample multiple research sites onboard the R/V ANGARI both inside Tampa Bay and passing underneath the Skyway bridge to sample in the Gulf of Mexico.
June 19, 2018Girls Camp
Single-celled architects headline the upcoming “FORAMS 2018” conference in Scotland
Pamela Hallock Muller has studied foraminifera since the mid ‘70s when she was first introduced to them during her graduate studies by other grad students at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
June 19, 2018News