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USF Led Team Deploys Tsunami Buoy Test in Tampa Bay

USF- Led Team Deploys Tsunami Buoy Test in Tampa Bay

The test deployment here in Tampa Bay represents a significant step forward in an ambitious 3-­‐year project funded through the National Science Foundation (NSF).

August 25, 2018News

Episode 039

Peter Betzer Talks The Evolution of USF CMS, St. Pete Progress and its Role in St. Pete’s Development

On this episode of SPx, Joe flies solo with St. Pete’s very own Peter Betzer, President of the St. Petersburg Downtown Partnership, and Dean Emeritus of the University of South Florida College of Marine Science.

August 23, 2018News

Limnology and Oceanography Celebrates 15 year anniversary

L&O: Celebrates 15th Anniversary with a Collection of the Top-Cited (2003-2014) and Top-Downloaded (2015-2018) Articles

We are pleased to announce that there are two papers from USF College of Marine Science.

August 13, 2018News

USF CMS Graduate Students and Mark Luther with Ocean Policy Representative Kathy Castor

Congress Passes the Save Our Seas Act

The House just passed the Save Our Seas Act, which the Senate passed last year.

August 7, 2018News

Teresa Greely with students at Oceanography Camp for Girls

Oceanography Camp for Girls Unveils New Website

We are thrilled to debut the Oceanography Camp for Girls new website.

August 4, 2018News

Credit: Christopher Kimmel, Getty Images

Why Don’t the Geosciences Have More Diversity?

One factor may be minorities’ lack of significant childhood experience with outdoor spaces.

August 3, 2018Diversity, News

Strange Evidence - Underwater Alien

Teresa Greely, calls out the ‘alien’ as a squid

An oil rig’s service cam 8,000 ft. underwater spots this unknown creature.

July 30, 2018News

High-Resolution multibeam maps to identify essential habitats on the west Florida coast shelf. Image Credit C-SCAMP Project

Florida researchers team to map entire Florida coast, wildlife habitats

The USF College of Marine Science is teaming up with the Florida Institute of Oceanography to map the entire Florida coast, as well as gather data on fish spawning areas in the state’s coastal waters.

July 24, 2018News

 A picture taken in April shows sargassum seaweed on the French Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe. Helene Valenzuela /AFP/Getty Images

Masses Of Seaweed Threaten Fisheries And Foul Beaches

Masses of brown seaweed, sometimes a few clumps, often big mounds, line the shore.

July 23, 2018News

Dinorah Chacin Amoren of the Fish Ecology Lab

Get to know Dinorah Chacin Amorena a PhD student at the Fish Ecology Lab

Dinorah Chacin Amorena, a PhD student at the Fish Ecology Lab gives you a sneak peak into her personal life.

July 16, 2018Blogs and Perspectives, Diversity

Red snapper next to pipeline

USF CMS Research Team Working as Part of the Cooperative Red Snapper Count

The study is Gulf-wide, extending from Texas to the Dry Tortugas west of the Florida Keys, and seeks to combine technologies and survey approaches to better estimate the size and structure of Red Snapper populations throughout the Gulf of Mexico.

July 10, 2018News

2010 BP Deep Horizon oil spill

Seven Year Study Reveals Data to Protect Oceans Against Future Oil Spills

Researchers just published results of a seven-year study, recording the most comprehensive data available of marine life throughout the entire Gulf of Mexico.

July 8, 2018News

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