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Lab leader Keith and campers Bella, Victoria, Hana and Gweni collect a water sample that contains environmental DNA.

DNA Detectives!

Campers became detectives for a day as they collected the DNA left behind by organisms in the water, known as environmental DNA (eDNA), to identify organisms from different habitats!

June 15, 2022Girls Camp

Dock view of Clam Bayou Marine Education Center

Waves of Inspiration

Waves of Inspiration - MEDIA ADVISORY. Leadership St. Pete庐 Class of 2022 to unveil major capital improvements at Clam Bayou Marine Education Center,

June 8, 2022Community Engagement, News

Both USF and Salsbury University All-Aboard teams take a selfie in front of Ragland Bottom Center Hill Lake in Sparta, TN during a group geology scavenger hunt.

Bull鈥檚 Eye for JEDI on the high seas (er 鈥 a freshwater lake!)

Last year NSF launched a two-year pilot program called All-ABOARD, which stands for 鈥淎lliance-Building Offshore to Achieve Resilience and Diversity.鈥 The goal of this program, hosted by Columbia University, is to advance justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) initiatives in STEM fields鈥攅specially the geosciences, which are one of the least racially diverse fields of science.

May 27, 2022Diversity, News

Natalia L贸pez Figueroa, CMS Ph.D. candidate

USF CMS student Natalia L贸pez Figueroa awarded NOAA Margaret A. Davidson Graduate Fellowship

CMS Ph.D. candidate Natalia L贸pez Figueroa was awarded a Margaret A. Davidson Graduate Fellowship administered by NOAA鈥檚 Office for Coastal Management.

May 25, 2022Awards, Diversity, News

Mya Breitbart in the lab. Credit, Amanda Sosnowski at Terrene Visions.

Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida Announces Selection of 15 New Members for 2022

Dr. Mya Breitbart, a professor and microbiologist at the USF College of Marine Science (USF CMS), is among 15 prominent scholars from throughout the state of Florida who were selected for membership to the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL).

May 23, 2022Awards, News

The NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer docked in port in Newport, Rhode Island. The Okeanos Explorer, commissioned in 2008, is the only federal vessel designated with the sole mission of ocean exploration.

Adventure and Exploration on the High-Seas aboard the Okeanos Explorer

This summer as part of a NOAA Explorer-In-Training internship, Catalina Rubiano received the incredible opportunity to sail on the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer 鈥 a dream come true for any ocean science nerd.

May 23, 2022Blogs and Perspectives

Group shot in front of MSL

CMS hosts Women in Science Leadership Training

The CMS served as home base for a two-day workshop for women called 鈥淏uilding Leadership Skills for Success in the Scientific Workforce.鈥

May 16, 2022Blogs and Perspectives

A ship approaches a rogue wave, estimated to be 18.3 meters (60 feet) off Charleston, South Carolina. Rogue waves are unpredictable, dangerous, and huge - at least twice the height of surrounding waves. Photo courtesy of NOAA.

Rogue waves鈥n Tampa Bay?!

Rogue waves -- walls of water that emerge from an otherwise calm ocean to swallow and capsize ships -- have made their way into mariner鈥檚 tales for ages.

May 10, 2022News

Projections show different parts of Florida could see a sea-level rise of 1-11 feet over the next 100 years.

April 21, 2022Resiliency News

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

Rising Tides April 2022

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

April 7, 2022Rising Tides Newsletter

The Antarctic Core Collection at OSU-MGR. Each rack contains sediment cores from various USAP expeditions. Once the cores are opened, they are separated into a 鈥渟ample鈥 half that we can take samples from and an 鈥渁rchive鈥 half that is imaged, x-rayed, and run through various instruments.

Visiting a unique library in Oregon to sample old, Antarctic mud

Sampling archived sediment cores can illuminate how the Antarctic ice sheet responds to warming climate.

March 31, 2022Blogs and Perspectives

The Faces of Resiliency video series highlights how communities are increasing their resilience to sea level rise, storm surge and flooding.

March 23, 2022Resiliency News

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