From a Tweeting Submersible to a Skyping Instructor, USF Marine Science Loves...
Researchers at USFs College of Marine Science are finding new and creative ways to use social media to share what theyre learning. This weeks University Beat on WUSF Public Media looks at how one...
View ArticleUSF Bridges Schools for Gulf Oil Spill Recovery Efforts
Last year's federal Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunity, and Revived Economies (RESTORE) Act made hundreds of millions of dollars in funds available for projects related to the...
View ArticleUSF Researcher is One of the 'Brilliant Ten'
Ground-breaking scientist, mentor to students, role model to young girls -- all by the age of 35. Such dedication has earned Mya Breitbart a prestigious honor. Popular Science magazine has named the...
View ArticleUSF College of Marine Science Awarded $20 Million For Gulf Oil Spill Research
The University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science announced late Friday it has been awarded a $20.2 million grant by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. The money will be used to continue...
View ArticleFive Years On, USF Researchers Revisit Gulf Oil Spill
On April 20, 2010, a wellhead a mile below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico exploded, killing 11 workers aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil platform. In the subsequent leak, more than 200 million...
View Article5 Years After BP Oil Spill, Experts Debate Damage To Ecosystem
At the Gulf State Park Pier in Orange Beach, Ala., Wetzel Wood casts his fishing line into the rough surf of the Gulf of Mexico. He pulls his bait, a cigar minnow, through the water just beyond where...
View ArticleUSF Students Help Rescue Boater
Students aboard the Florida Insitute of Oceanography's Weatherbird II research vessel helped rescue a distressed boater near Egmont Key on Saturday night. Those on the vessel heard an emergency call at...
View ArticleConstruction Begins On New Research Vessel
Next summer, a group of marine researchers and local politicians who gathered at a Tarpon Springs shipyard for a ceremonial keel laying plan to return for the dedication of a new research ship. With...
View ArticleUSF Scientists Spend 40 Days At Sea Looking For Evidence Of Oil
A team of marine scientists, led by representatives of the University of South Florida , are about midway through a six-week expedition looking for evidence left over from the two largest accidental...
View ArticleUSF Scientist Creates Device To Sniff Out Red Tide and Fake Grouper
Right now, if a researcher wants to confirm there’s a red tide outbreak – you know, that algae bloom known as Karenia brevis that turns water red or brown, kills marine life and makes a horrible stench...
View ArticleUSF, Florida Welcome New Research Vessel
When Bill Hogarth was told the Florida Institute of Oceanography 's new research vessel was going to be named after him, he had a pretty reasonable - and funny - reaction. “I said, ‘Somebody knows...
View ArticleResearch: Oxygen Levels Continue Dropping In World's Waters
Scientists say that climate change is having an effect on the levels of the world’s oceans. But it’s also apparently affecting the oxygen levels throughout the oceans, as well as our coastal waters...
View ArticleRising Sea Levels Raise New Climate Change Conversations
No more computer models or projections. Finally – concrete data. A scientific paper published in February may pave the way for a new conversation about rising sea levels using data instead of projections.
View ArticleMap Of Gulf Of Mexico Fisheries Prepares For Future Disasters
A study seven years in the making by University of South Florida researchers has created a map of how many species live in the Gulf of Mexico. This will give experts an idea of how much damage would...
View ArticleJoint Institute To Focus On Gulf of Mexico Disaster Preparedness
Eight years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, there still is a lack of knowledge on the complex ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico. But new research may soon be developing along the Gulf Coast....
View ArticleState Partners With Red Tide Experts To Combat Toxic Blooms
State wildlife officials reported this past Friday that elevated levels of the organism Karenia brevis are persisting along Florida's gulf coast , which is creating toxic red tide algae blooms from...
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