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![CMS graduate students Lydia Ruggles and Emma Graves, and CMS Ocean Circulation Lab intern, Samantha D’Angelo.](/marine-science/news/images/congrats-cms-grad-students-and-intern-win-2023-vembu-award-490x327.png)
CMS grads and intern win the 2023 Vembu Subramanian Ocean Scholars Award
Congratulations to CMS graduate students Lydia Ruggle and Emma Grave who recently received the 2023 Vembu Subramanian Ocean Scholars Award.
December 6, 2023Awards, Blogs and Perspectives
![Nine current CMS faculty and two emeritus faculty are recognized on the list of high-impact researchers, which includes career-long and single-year citations.](/marine-science/news/images/usf-cms-faculty-earn-global-recognition-490x327.jpg)
CMS faculty earn global recognition as high-impact researchers
The Stanford-Elsevier study identifies the top two percent of researchers worldwide across all fields of study, based on their citation impact through 2022.
![The newly funded Florida Regional Ecosystems Stressors Collaborative Assessment project will focus on climate impacts to South Florida’s coastal and marine ecosystems. Credit: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.](/marine-science/news/images/usf-cms-fresca-project-490x327.jpg)
CMS receives award to research stressors on South Florida’s coastal ecosystems
CMS will receive $200,000 over four years through the newly funded Florida Regional Ecosystems Stressors Collaborative Assessment project.
November 30, 2023News
![Hosted for the first time by the College of Marine Science at USF St. Petersburg, the International Ocean Colour Science Meeting nutured a strong global community for applied ocean color science. Credit: Chuanmin Hu, USF College of Marine Science Optical Oceanography Lab](/marine-science/news/images/cms-ocean-color-science-2023-490x327.jpg)
Ocean color science meeting draws experts from around the world to St. Petersburg
The International Ocean Colour Science Meeting 2023 saw attendees share innovative new research and nurture a strong global community for applied ocean color science.
November 21, 2023News
![The new grant aims to monitor and forecast Sargassum blooms such as this one that inundated a beach on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin. Photo credit: Mark Yokoyama.](/marine-science/news/images/sargassum-blooms-atlantic-ocean-490x327.jpg)
College of Marine Science to lead $3.2-million grant to develop Sargassum forecasting system
Improved forecasting using satellite data and modeling will help researchers reduce Sargassum impacts on coastal communities.
October 23, 2023News
![The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt stretches 5,000 miles from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico. Courtesy of Ellen Park.](/marine-science/news/images/great-atlantic-sargassum-belt-stretches-5000-miles-490x327.jpg)
Study identifies nutrients as driver of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt
In a recent journal article published in Nature Communications, researchers say they have identified that the nutrient content of Sargassum tissue could help determine the enrichment sources and potentially improve predictions and Sargassum management efforts.
October 13, 2023News
![Stella, shown here, and Sam are part of the USF College of Marine Science’s fleet of oceanic gliders, the oft underappreciated workhorses of oceanography. PHOTO CREDIT: Garrett Miller, Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies.](/marine-science/news/images/comit-glider-stella-490x327.png)
Stella and Sam: a pair of gliders on a mission
Staff and students from the Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies (COMIT) recently sailed aboard the R/V WT Hogarth to collect data using a pair of uncrewed, underwater gliders.
September 28, 2023Blogs and Perspectives
![Students conduct science at sea](/marine-science/news/images/cms-core-research-cruise-buoy-490x328.png)
Students conduct science at sea
Education and research combined for students aboard a five-day cruise on the Florida Institute of Oceanography’s R/V Weatherbird II.
September 20, 2023News
![Rising Tides Newsletter, September 2023](/marine-science/news/images/rising-tides-newsletter-september-2023-490x327.jpg)
Rising Tides - September 2023
View some of the highlights in the Rising Tides Newsletter, September 2023 edition.
September 8, 2023Rising Tides Newsletter
![The Fall 2023 CMS Faculty Seminar](/marine-science/news/images/cms-fall-2023-faculty-seminar-490x328.jpg)
Watch the Fall 2023 CMS Faculty Seminar
The annual faculty seminars offer an opportunity for students to get to know their professors and peers.
September 6, 2023Blogs and Perspectives
![Biodiversity fish reef](/marine-science/news/images/biodiversity-fish-reef-490x327.jpg)
Researchers propose a global observatory to monitor Earth’s biodiversity
The Global Biodiversity Observing System is a proposal designed to improve monitoring efforts of Earth’s biodiversity and, in turn, improve conservation in an age of climate change.
August 25, 2023News, Publication Highlights
![Need image caption. PHOTO CREDIT: Jessica Van Vaerenbergh, USF CMS graduate student.](/marine-science/news/images/glider-boat-trip-hurricane-490x327.jpg)
Deep-diving gliders capture key ocean data for hurricane forecasting
New NOAA funding means ocean gliders operated by the USF College of Marine Science will help hurricane experts forecast storm intensity in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean.
August 11, 2023News