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USF CMS alumna Inia Soto Ramos

GRIIDC Hires USF CMS Alumna Inia Soto Ramos to Specialize in Ocean Satellite Data

In her new role with the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), she will work as a data curator to review scientific data sets on their way to the GRIIDC ERDDAP server.

July 6, 2018News

Image from NASA's MODIS satellite for October 2011, showing the Gulf Stream Eddy targeted in the study, picked out by surface chlorophyll (credit NASA)

Gulf Steam Eddies supply iron to the iron-starved North Atlantic Gyre

Understanding the role of metals in ocean ecosystems is thus a research priority for a number of faculty at the USF College of Marine Science, and internationally.

July 2, 2018News

Lightning Awareness Week

Next week is Lightning Awareness Week

Tropical storms have been on the move since May, a little earlier than usual this year, and right now is as good a time as ever to brush up on your lightning safety protocols.

June 21, 2018News

Seaweed in Delray Beach (David Fleshler/Sun Sentinel)

Heading to the beach? Get ready for thick, slimy seaweed

The reason for the heavy growth of seaweed remains unclear, said Chuanmin Hu, of the University of South Florida.

June 20, 2018News

Pamela Hallock Muller, Professor - Geological Oceanography

Single-celled architects headline the upcoming “FORAMS 2018” conference in Scotland

Pamela Hallock Muller has studied foraminifera since the mid ‘70s when she was first introduced to them during her graduate studies by other grad students at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

June 19, 2018News

USF CMS Advises St. Pete City Council HERS Committee 2018

Question of Straws: CMS Advises St. Pete City Council HERS Committee

The City of St. Petersburg sustainability program continues to move forward with ocean friendly practices.

June 16, 2018News

Marcy Cockrell, a recent Doctoral Graduate from the Marine Resource Assessment Program at USF CMS

Graduate Student Receives National Academies of Science Gulf Research Program Science Policy Fellowship

Dr. Cockrell will spend the year working on science communication, policy, and resource management issues in Florida with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in Tallahassee.

June 15, 2018Awards, News

SECORRA Underwater Robots, Photo Credit: WSAV

Underwater Robots Help Local Scientists Study Hurricanes and More

Part of our mission, as a five university consortium between UGA, UNC, NC State, Georgia Tech and the University of South Florida, is to provide this kind of regional coverage.

June 15, 2018News

The Shipwreck Hunter; A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discoveries on the Ocean Floor

USF CMS alumnus, David Mearns releases his book in the U.S. The Shipwreck Hunter

David Mearns, who received his MS from the USF Department of Marine Science in 1986, has just published his third book.

June 6, 2018News

A tagged bicolor damselfish (note orange tattoo) and its artificial nest box on a coral reef in the Bahamas. Photo Credit: Nikita Rolle.

Secrets of Fish Population Changes

Scientists link ocean dispersal of baby fish with ecology of adults.

June 3, 2018News

Graduate Students at the 2018 Vembu Cup and MSAC Festival Event

The 2018 Vembu Cup and MSAC Festival

A golf scramble tournament was held at Mangrove Bay Golf Course in St. Pete, Florida to honor the memory of Vembu Subramanian.

May 22, 2018News

USF Marine Science Fish Ecology Lab Group, May 2018

Fish Ecology Lab Unveils New Website

We are thrilled to debut the Fish Ecology Lab’s new website to our current students, prospective students, partners, donors, and visitors.

May 12, 2018News

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