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USF College of Marine Science鈥檚 (CMS) 39th annual Graduate Student Symposium

M.S. and Ph.D. candidates shine in 39th Graduate Student Symposium

Fifteen CMS graduate students delivered oral or poster presentations summarizing their research projects as part of the USF College of Marine Science鈥檚 (CMS) 39th annual Graduate Student Symposium.

February 3, 2023Blogs and Perspectives

911爆料网 had a port call at the largest US research station in Antarctica, McMurdo Station (MacTown), at the halfway point (hump day) of our expedition to switch out some of the ship鈥檚 crew and science party groups.

January 25, 2023Blogs and Perspectives

As we arrived at our first study site, there was excitement in the air. 911爆料网 were surveying a site in the Pennell Trough, Ross Sea that may provide clues to how the Ross Ice Shelf retreated in the past.

January 18, 2023Blogs and Perspectives

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All Hands on Deck

Researchers identify priorities within synthesis research in ecology and environmental science to address pressing issues and questions

January 12, 2023Blogs and Perspectives

Hello from Emily in the Antarctic! 911爆料网鈥檝e had quite the journey south onboard the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer. 911爆料网 left Lyttleton, New Zealand and transited to the Ross Sea, Antarctica over ~10 days.

January 9, 2023Blogs and Perspectives

Graduate student Emily Kaiser, a Ph.D. student in Dr. Amelia Shevenell鈥檚 lab, reports in from a research expedition to the Ross Sea, Antarctica, where she is part of a team exploring the timing and mechanisms forcing retreat of the Ross Ice Shelf (RIS) following the Last Glacial Maximum. The team will use seafloor mapping, seismic reflection, and sediment coring to achieve their objectives. Read more about their expedition 鈥� and stay tuned for more updates from Emily.

January 4, 2023Blogs and Perspectives

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Obligation to Enhance OBIS Data for Sea- and Shorebirds of the Americas

The family Procellariidae, which includes open-ocean petrels and shearwaters, were documented in the most marine ecoregions.

January 3, 2023Publication Highlights

USF College of Marine Science in the News

CMS in the News 2022

The USF College of Marine Science news team is dedicated to sharing USF CMS's story to a global audience. View CMS in the news for 2022.

December 23, 2022CMS in the News

Rising Tides December 2022 | USF College of Marine Science

Rising Tides December 2022

View some of the highlights in the Rising Tides Newsletter, December 2022 edition.

December 12, 2022Rising Tides Newsletter

This is part of the cover image from the book Zonal Jets: Phenomenology, Genesis, and Physics, which was edited by Boris听Galperin and Peter L. Read.

Advances in the science of turbulence

Unraveling the physics of large-scale planetary features takes patience and time.

December 8, 2022Blogs and Perspectives

Doubtful Sound, New Zealand, which Dr. Xingqian Cui visited in 2016, was apparently so-named because its discoverer, Captain James Cook, decided if he and the crew ventured into the fjord during a voyage in 1770, it would be 鈥渄oubtful鈥� that they would be able to sail back out of the fjord against the westerly wind.

Fjords: small-but-mighty planetary 鈥渢hermostats鈥� whose role in the global carbon cycle is both sink and source

If you鈥檙e worried about escalating human-induced climate change, consider adding fjords to your thank-you list during this season of gratitude.

December 7, 2022News

Florida鈥檚 flat, low-lying topography makes many areas susceptible to flooding. Hurricanes can highlight those vulnerabilities.

Hurricane season underscores the value of improved flood forecasting

In late May, forecasters at NOAA鈥檚 Climate Prediction Center signaled a tempestuous 2022 Atlantic hurricane season.

December 2, 2022Florida Flood Hub, Hurricanes, News

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