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The virtual faculty seminar allowed professors to share their latest contributions to oceanography research. Note: This faculty picture was taken at CMS pre-COVID.

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The faculty seminar is an opportunity for our professors to share their latest research with our community. Due to COVID, the presentations were held online but the event still provided a chance to learn. The image to the left was taken pre-pandemic.

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BLOGS & PERSPECTIVES

Enjoy this video compilation documenting the cruise.

Ocean Circulation Lab replaces weather buoys in the Bay

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

The five-day cruise deployed meteorological buoys around the Gulf of Mexico.

Tsunami sensing buoy recovered in Tampa Bay

Monday, October 11, 2021

An interdisciplinary group of scientists and engineers at USF developed a new type of buoy capable of detecting tiny changes in the ocean floor that can be precursors to large natural events such as tsunamis.

USF CMS Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

Monday, October 11, 2021

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs through October 15th, I did a Q&A with members of our Hispanic/Latinx/a/o community here at USF CMS.

Fishing and processing vessels from the then German Democratic Republic (GDR) targeting spawning Atlantic herring on Georges Bank, September 1974.

When you come to a fork in the road – take it!

Friday, October 8, 2021

Steve Murawski traces the milestones of his nearly 50-year-long career in ocean science – and shares invaluable lessons he has learned along the way.

CMS in the News

A cypress creek flows over a sandy stream bed in the heart of the USF Forest Preserve. The future of the property has been in question since April, when plans surfaced to explore development options for the site. [ Courtesy of Christian Brown ]

Much of USF Forest Preserve not suited for development, consultant says

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

A university committee will make recommendations on the land’s future within 45 days.

Red tide in Sarasota and Manatee remains patchy. Could a new bloom be on the way?

Friday, October 22, 2021

As stubborn and patchy red tide lingers off Sarasota and Manatee counties, experts are keeping a close eye on changes in ocean currents for signs of a new bloom that could make matters worse.