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![Stephen Hesterberg researching oyster reefs](/images/news/2022/changes-to-floridas-climate-threaten-oyster-reefs-usf-researchers-warn/listing-image.jpg)
Changes to Florida's climate threaten oyster reefs, USF researchers warn
An interdisciplinary team of scientists documented abrupt changes in Tampa Bay’s estuarine ecosystem and forecasts similar landscape-wide changes in northern locations.
August 29, 2022Research and Innovation
![John Cotter building lumber alternatives](/images/news/2022/usf-student-invents-lumber-altternative-using-recycled-plastic/listing-image.jpg)
USF student invents lumber alternative using recycled plastic
The material will be used as a replacement for wood to create fence posts that can last 30 to 50 years, about three times longer than a traditional wood fence.
August 4, 2022Research and Innovation
![Aedes aegypti vector transmits dengue virus, yellow fever virus, chikungunya virus and Zika virus.](/images/news/2022/usf-researchers-launch-global-dashboard-to-track-invasive-mosquitoes-carrying-deadly-diseases/listing-image.jpg)
USF researchers launch global dashboard to track invasive mosquitoes carrying deadly diseases
The dashboard is the result of an NSF-funded global research project that started in 2020.
August 2, 2022Research and Innovation
![Professional divers were trained to search for phreatic overgrowth on speleothems underwater.](/images/news/2022/hidden-in-caves-mineral-overgrowths-reveal-unprecedented-modern-sea-level-rise/listing-image-snippet.jpg)
Hidden in caves: Mineral overgrowths reveal unprecedented modern sea-level rise
University of South Florida geology professor discovers the industrial boom’s impact on global warming.
June 30, 2022Research and Innovation
![Helping prepare refugee women for hurricane season](/images/news/2022/usf-students-collaborating-with-hillsborough-county-to-help-prepare-refugee-women-for-hurricane-season/listing-image.jpg)
USF students collaborating with Hillsborough County to help prepare refugee women for hurricane season
Through a College of Public Health course, students are paired with refugee women to explore local resources and develop customized emergency plans together.
June 21, 2022USF Health
![University of South Florida: A Preeminent Research University](/images/news/2022/covid-19-mortality-rate-five-times-higher-among-labor-retail-and-service-workers-study-reveals/listing-image.jpg)
COVID-19 mortality rate five times higher among labor, retail and service workers, study reveals
A USF College of Public Health study shows correlations between COVID-19 mortality rates and the socioeconomic position, gender, ethnicity and race of working adults.
May 31, 2022Research and Innovation, USF Health
![University of South Florida: A Preeminent Research University](/images/news/2022/usf-biologist-discovers-skydiving-salamander/listing-image.jpg)
USF biologist discovers ‘skydiving’ salamander
The wandering salamander is the first known to have evolved aerial behaviors.
May 26, 2022Research and Innovation
![Drone pinpoints exact locations of mosquito habitats](/images/news/2022/usf-tech-helping-combat-malaria-and-other-tropical-diseases-across-the-world/listing-image.jpg)
USF tech helping combat malaria and other tropical diseases across the world
Following his success eradicating a major source of malaria, technology created by a USF public health researcher is being implemented by insect control agencies throughout Africa and across the Tampa Bay region.
May 9, 2022Research and Innovation
![Mental health files](/images/news/2022/usf-researchers-uncover-misnomer-in-mental-illness-recovery/listing-image.png)
USF researchers uncover misnomer in mental illness recovery
University of South Florida researchers say the findings challenge current stereotypes that many mental health disorders are chronic and prevent well-being.
May 3, 2022Research and Innovation