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Coasta Rica beach scene. Photo Credit: Erin M. Symonds

Transdisciplinary beach water quality investigation hits 2-year milestone

Multi-institution team supported by US NSF collected over 5000 beach surveys and hundreds of samples as they darted in and out of the waves of Costa Rica over 26 weekends.

August 30, 2019Blogs and Perspectives

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is an industrial disaster that began on April 20, 2010.

2 New Books Summarize Findings from Historic Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

The Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app CMS led on the production of a powerful two-volume series about the historic Deepwater Horizon oil spill published by Springer: Deep Oil Spills: Facts, Fate, and Effects and Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills: Fighting the Next War.

August 27, 2019News

Working the overnight shift, Grace Koziol, Brianna Michaud, Nicole Seiden, and Abby Blackburn (left to right) control the Bongo nets as they’re hoisted aboard the R/V Hogarth.

15-Year Study Will Collect Fish Eggs Across the Entire West Florida Shelf for DNA-Barcoding Analysis

This year, 2019, begins a 15-year monitoring program funded by the Florida RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Program.

August 21, 2019Blogs and Perspectives

REU participants attended a lunch hosted by Sloan UCEM at Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Top of the Palms with Bernard Batson and COE students. (left to right: Richard Rivera, Angel Cedeño, Jenelle DeVry, Tione Grant, and Alexis Peterson)

REU 2019 Summary

The Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app College of Marine Sciences (CMS) hosted five Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) participants this summer from four minority serving institutions.

August 4, 2019News

Dr. Charles 'Chuck' Wilson, Dr. Rita Colwell, Dr. Steven Murawski, and Dr. Margaret Leinen after a productive first day of overviews.

Multi-institution Science Team Meets in St. Petersburg, FL to Synthesize Ecosystem Impacts of the Historic Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

A core team met most recently in St. Petersburg, FL from July 23-25 to participate in a workshop entitled “Ecosystem Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Event: Assembling the Record of Species and Community Change.â€

August 2, 2019News

This autonomous glider, part of the Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app College of Marine Science glider fleet, is modified with sonar technology and will collect up-close and personal data on the migrating animals in the water column during a mission to explore the Gulf of Mexico. Chad Lembke, Research Faculty at Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app CMS, plays a critical role in the mission. The team will also use new technology from the National Geographic Society. Credit: John Horne, University of Washington.

Researchers deploy new tech to explore depths of Gulf of Mexico

FIU marine scientist Kevin Boswell and a multi-institution research team will deploy experimental technology next week to explore the deep scattering layers of the ocean.

July 26, 2019News

Credit and Copyright: Benjamin Dimmitt

Coastal Forests in Crisis

A team at the Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app College of Marine Science documents a die-off of coastal forests along the Big Bend of Florida using photographs and satellite imagery.

July 12, 2019News

A spinybacked orbweaver approaches a bee ensnarled in its web. Photo Credit: Mya Breitbart

Researchers discover first case of a vertically transmitted virus in spiders

In a recent publication, lead author Dr. Karyna Rosario describes two new viruses identified in the ‘crab-like’ spiders known as spinybacked orbweavers.

July 12, 2019News

Dr. Glenn Parsons speaking at the awards ceremony for the 2007 World Wildlife Fund SmartGear Competition for which he received Runner-Up for his work on shrimp trawl bycatch reduction. Photo courtesy of Glenn Parsons.

A Q&A with CMS Alum Dr. Glenn Parsons: Shark Man

Dr. Glenn R. Parsons, CMS alumnus, Class of 1987, is Professor of biology and Director of the University of Mississippi Center for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology.

July 10, 2019Blogs and Perspectives

Girls Camp 2019

Marine Chemistry Lab

It’s just watered-down chemistry!

July 9, 2019Girls Camp

Jay Law and Dr. Robert Weisberg prepare to board the Weatherbird II after installing wind sensors on a buoy newly deployed at sea.

Ocean Circulation Lab cruises to the Dry Tortugas

Physical oceanographic cruise draws participants from multiple disciplines across the Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app System.

July 5, 2019Blogs and Perspectives

Sargassum on Delray Beach in South Florida in May 2019. Credit: Brian Cousin, Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

Scientists Discover the Biggest Seaweed Bloom in the World

The record-breaking belt of brown algae stretches from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico—and it’s likely here to stay, says a team led by the Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app College of Marine Science.

July 4, 2019News

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