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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
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
Seagrass areal cover in Tampa Bay over the last 30 years (1990- 2021) observed by satellites
Tampa Bay seagrasses have experienced historical declines, but improvements in water quality over the past 30 years are promoting recovery.
September 28, 2023Publication Highlights
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
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 - September 2023
View some of the highlights in the Rising Tides Newsletter, September 2023 edition.
September 8, 2023Rising Tides Newsletter
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
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
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
Putting robots in the water: the trials and tribulations of marine engineering
Marine engineering isn’t typically something you would think of when imagining an engineer’s potential career path. Despite this, it makes a lot of sense that the fields of marine science and engineering overlap.
August 7, 2023Blogs and Perspectives
Venezuelan scientists team up to save irreplaceable data on biodiversity
In times of political unrest, science often suffers. This is the case in Venezuela. The country has faced a series of political and socioeconomic crises that sparked an exodus of citizens, including many scientists, who fled the country for opportunities elsewhere
August 3, 2023Blogs and Perspectives
Forging a road through interdisciplinary applications of hydrography
Underwater, we’re investigating everything from shipwrecks to paleo landscape features (e.g., shell middens which are essentially the waste piles from prehistoric and indigenous peoples) to submerged towns.
July 21, 2023Blogs and Perspectives