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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

Education and research combined for students aboard a five-day cruise on the Florida Institute of Oceanography鈥檚 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鈥檚 biodiversity

The Global Biodiversity Observing System is a proposal designed to improve monitoring efforts of Earth鈥檚 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

Marine engineering isn鈥檛 typically something you would think of when imagining an engineer鈥檚 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

Underwater, we鈥檙e 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

The mission of our R.V. Nancy Foster expedition: To map the seafloor of a new area on Blake鈥檚 Plateau using multibeam sonar. Just adding another puzzle piece to the global map of the ocean floor!

July 20, 2023Blogs and Perspectives