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NEW SERIES LAUNCH: “ONE ON ONE”

We’re pleased to introduce a new series, “One on One,” where we will highlight a CMS-related publication with a single summary quote from the CMS author. Perfect for those with only two seconds to spare! Enjoy this launch blurb celebrating a publication related to ocean acidification along the Springs Coast in the northeast Gulf of Mexico whose lead author was recent CMS alum (M.S., Class of 2019), Kyle Amergian.

BLOGS & PERSPECTIVES

The R/V Weatherbird II preparing for a five day cruise in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo credit: Carlyn Scott

Stretching our Sea Legs: A story from the 2022 Pelagic Ecology Cruise

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

This course gives students an opportunity to experience a research cruise – especially powerful for those who, for one reason or another, may otherwise have gone their whole time at CMS with dry feet.

Dr. Erica Ombres and her family enjoying Washington, DC (Inset: Ombres in the Antarctic). Black and white photo credit, Jessica Palmer photography.

Q&A with CMS Alum Dr. Erica Ombres

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Oceanography may seem an unlikely career choice for someone who grew up in Yuma, Arizona and never heard of a career in “marine science” as a kid. Graduate school wasn’t on the radar, either when Erica Ombres pursued her bachelor’s at the University of Arizona in Tucson. After all, no one in her family had earned an advanced degree, she said.

The NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer docked in port in Newport, Rhode Island. The Okeanos Explorer, commissioned in 2008, is the only federal vessel designated with the sole mission of ocean exploration.

Adventure and Exploration on the High-Seas aboard the Okeanos Explorer

Monday, May 23, 2022

This summer as part of a NOAA Explorer-In-Training internship, Catalina Rubiano received the incredible opportunity to sail on the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer – a dream come true for any ocean science nerd.

CMS hosts Women in Science Leadership Training

Monday, May 26, 2022

The CMS served as home base for a two-day workshop for women called “Building Leadership Skills for Success in the Scientific Workforce.”

CMS in the News

It's a seasonal thing, happening a couple of times a year. Winds and tides bring Sargassum seaweed ashore to cover the beaches with the brown algae. Sargassum is a good thing, floating in the Atlantic, giving fish and sea turtles a food source and place to hide.

'Sargassum storm': Stinky seasonal seaweed sets record in Brevard, and more is coming this way

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

The Caribbean Sea keeps gifting Central Florida's beaches with mounds of mushy, stinky brown seaweed. And researchers warn that this seasonal so-called Sargassum storm is likely to get worse before easing up, as all the excess weeds at sea wash in with the winds and currents, often wrapped in a filamentous brown algae that's only making things worse.

Tourists are seen on a beach covered with seaweed in Cancun, Mexico June 24, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Delgado/File Photo

Stinky seaweed threatens Mexico's post-pandemic tourism boom

Monday, July 4, 2022

Millions of tons of stinky brown seaweed washing up along Mexico's beaches threaten a post-COVID tourism rebound as international tourists plan summer travel, according to Spanish bank BBVA.