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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 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 16, 2022

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

The Antarctic Core Collection at OSU-MGR. Each rack contains sediment cores from various USAP expeditions. Once the cores are opened, they are separated into a “sample” half that we can take samples from and an “archive” half that is imaged, x-rayed, and run through various instruments.

Visiting a unique library in Oregon to sample old, Antarctic mud

Thursday, March 31, 2022

Sampling archived sediment cores can illuminate how the Antarctic ice sheet responds to warming climate.

Bea Combs-Hintze, PhD student at her desk at CMS, creating digital ecosystems.

It’s all about Balance – in life, and in modeling

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Life these days is about seeking balance: between work, research, self-care, and motherhood preparations.

CMS in the News

University of South Florida tracking sargassum seaweed using NASA/NOAA satellites While the seaweed isn't harmful, it's unattractive for residents and visitors to the beach and can leave a stench if left untouched.

From seaweed to soil: South Florida beach town finds a solution to a stinky problem

Thursday, June 23, 2022

Since 2011, sargassum seaweed has been showing up almost seasonally along beaches, with 2015 and 2018 being record years for accumulation. This year, large amounts of seaweed have washed ashore in South Florida.

An illustration — not rendering —of a possibility of University of South Florida St. Pete's Environmental & Oceanographic Sciences Research & Teaching Facility.

Three USF projects getting attention: $23M remodel, nursing facility and ocean-focused center

Monday, June 20, 2022

The University of South Florida has multimillion-dollar renovations and improvements to campus buildings it hopes to accomplish in the next five years.