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USF launches study to identify impact of COVID-19 vaccinations on hurricane evacuation behaviors
The University of South Florida is helping prepare offices of emergency management across the nation for the upcoming hurricane season by determining how COVID-19 may impact evacuation behaviors.
May 4, 2021Research
A firsthand and photographic look at Florida’s manatees
Photographer and scientist Jason Gulley decided to use his camera to make people care about nature. As a research geologist, he has spent the last 16 years studying how humans have impacted our planet.
April 21, 2021Research
USF Senior Withers Selected for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; Three Other USF Students Earn Honorable Mentions
Three USF students earned widely regarded honorable mentions: USF seniors Jack Edwards (Physics), and Stephanie Peak (Chemistry and Cell and Molecular Biology), and PhD student Franco Villegas-Garin (Geology).
April 21, 2021Honors and Awards, Research
Rock of Excellence
Explore the inspiring journey of Dr. Heather Lehto, an accomplished alumna of the USF Geology program. In this engaging article, Dr. Letho shares her experience and contributions to building Arizona State University's geology degree curriculum, starting from its early stages in 2012.
April 13, 2021Alumni News
Gov. Ron DeSantis appoints USF geoscientist as state’s chief science officer
Mark Rains, professor and director of the USF School of Geosciences, has been appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to be the state’s chief science officer.
March 31, 2021Department News
USF student’s internship at NASA is a ‘perfect intersection of STEM and equity’
A semester internship at NASA has expanded to a year-long dream experience for USF senior Lisette Melendez. She’s assigned to NASA’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., working remotely to assist in its efforts to increase the diversity of its workforce and foster a more inclusive environment for its employees.
March 22, 2021Alumni News
See a Tampa scientist’s views of mysterious Greenland ice holes
The frozen cavern is a few hundred feet below the surface of the Greenland ice sheet and near-silent, save for an occasional boom or groan from cracks splintering in the distance or around the scientist's feet.
February 11, 2021Research
USF-led international geosciences team reconstructs 6.5 million years of sea level stands in the Western Mediterranean
The pressing concern posed by rising sea levels has created a critical need for scientists to precisely predict how quickly the oceans will rise in coming centuries.
January 21, 2021Research
USF volcanology team develops new approach to understanding massive volcanic eruptions
A USF geosciences team has developed a new way to reconstruct the sizes of volcanic eruptions that occurred thousands of years ago.
January 4, 2021Research
USF-led geosciences team discovers Ancestral Puebloans survived from ice melt in New Mexico lava tubes
USF geosciences Professor Bogdan Onac and his team discovered that Ancestral Puebloans survived devastating droughts by traveling deep into the caves to melt ancient ice as a water resource.
November 18, 2020Research
Workshop to target vital role of technology in addressing local impacts of climate change
This year witnessed historic wildfires that burned throughout the west and an Atlantic hurricane season that spilled into the Greek alphabet to name all the storms. The frequency of extreme weather events indicates to many scientists and planners that the impacts of climate change are here today and only getting more pronounced, especially for a coastal region like Tampa Bay.
Crowdsource platform lets residents inform policymakers on climate change solutions
The Initiative on Coastal Adaptation and Resilience (iCAR) has passed a milestone in its project to identify climate vulnerabilities in local communities. After six months of production, professors Barnali Dixon and Rebecca Johns have launched an interactive platform that allows citizens from across St. Petersburg to track and monitor the impacts of climate change in their neighborhoods.
October 8, 2020Honors and Awards, Research