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USF-led international geosciences team reconstructs 6.5 million years of sea level stands in Western Mediterranean
To gain insight into future ice sheet stability and sea-level rise, new research from an international team led by University of South Florida geoscientists is drawing on evidence from past interglacial periods when Earth’s climate was warmer than today (Mirage News).
January 22, 2021Global Research, Research
USF-led international geosciences team reconstructs 6.5 million years of sea level stands in the Western Mediterranean
The geological features in caves from Mallorca provide scientific insights for understanding modern-day sea level changes (USF Newsroom).
January 21, 2021Global Research, Research
USF volcanology team develops new approach to understanding massive volcanic eruptions
A USF geosciences team has developed a new way to reconstruct the sizes of volcanic eruptions that occurred thousands of years ago, creating a first-of-its kind tool that can aid scientists in understanding past explosive eruptions that shaped the earth and improve the way of estimating hazards of future eruptions (USF Newsroom).
January 4, 2021Global Research, Innovation, Research
Invasive in the U.S., lifesaver Down Under
Ten years of research led by the University of South Florida has revealed that a monitor lizard should be regarded as an “ecosystem engineer,” a rarity for reptiles (USF Newsroom).
December 21, 2020Global Research, Research
Three USF Faculty Members Elected New National Academy of Inventors Fellows
As prolific inventors, this year’s faculty honorees developed cutting-edge technology to fight diseases and improve lives (USFRI Newsroom).
December 8, 2020Global Research, Honors and Awards, Innovation
Eight USF Faculty Members Named New AAAS Fellows
In fields spanning psychology, molecular medicine, geosciences and child and family studies, these leading faculty members have earned one of academia’s highest honors.
November 24, 2020Global Research, Honors and Awards, Research
The seaweed bloom that covered an ocean
After analysing 19 years of satellite data, researchers at the University of South Florida found that since 2011 the sargassum bloom has appeared annually and is growing in size (BBC).
November 19, 2020Global Research, Research
Three USF Faculty Members Named to Prestigious Clarivate’s Annual Highly Cited Researchers List
Three USF professors are among the ranks of the world’s most influential researchers for 2020.
November 18, 2020Global Research, Honors and Awards
Method used to track Ebola’s trajectory being applied to COVID-19
What exactly happened in Asia that caused SARS-CoV-2 to rapidly spread across the region and then essentially came to a halt there? That’s what researchers from the University of South Florida are trying to determine in a new study funded by an NSF Rapid Response grant (USF Newsroom).
October 5, 2020Global Research, Innovation, Research
USF researcher applying method used to track Ebola's trajectory to COVID-19
A University of South Florida researcher is involved in a new study to determine what caused SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) to rapidly spread across Asia, and then essentially come to a halt there. This work is being funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) Rapid Response grant (Florida Trend).
October 5, 2020Global Research, Health, Innovation
Dinosaur feather study debunked
A new study provides substantial evidence that the first fossil feather ever to be discovered does belong to the iconic Archaeopteryx, a bird-like dinosaur named in Germany on this day in 1861. This debunks a recent theory that the fossil feather originated from a different species (USF Newsroom).
September 30, 2020Global Research, Research
USF Partner in Costa Rica Launches the Country’s First Program to Detect Coronavirus in Wastewater
With more than 5,000 beach surveys, 500 behavioral observations, and 80 interviews to digest, and water quality data to crunch, it was time to celebrate this phase of their NSF-funded coastal health study called MERA, which included several trainings by the USF team to help their colleagues get up to speed on a suite of environmental monitoring techniques (USF College of Marine Science).
July 29, 2020Global Research, Research, Student Research
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