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Developed in partnership with the USF College of Marine Science, the blue economy concentration is tailored for professionals who want to lead in maritime trade, coastal tourism and fisheries management.

USF launches MBAs in blue economy, personal financial planning, and healthcare leadership

Beginning this fall, students seeking an MBA at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ will have three new offerings to consider. The new concentrations — blue economy, personal financial planning, and healthcare leadership — are designed to address the evolving needs of the global market.

July 15, 2024News

Joshua Kilborn is a research assistant professor at the USF College of Marine Science, where he studies large marine ecosystems and their associated fisheries. The figures above, which are included in his recent paper, depict a fishery ecosystem trajectory for the Gulf of Mexico (left) and smoothed lag-plot for the Gulf of Mexico fishery ecosystem (right).

The Humpty Dumpty fish tale of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico

In a recent paper, Joshua Kilborn modelled the Gulf of Mexico fishery ecosystem trends and trajectory over time and better understand the factors that influenced their evolution.

July 8, 2024Publication Highlights

The ROV Taurus is a sophisticated, remotely operated vehicle that can reach ocean depths of up to 2.5 miles

USF and Florida Institute of Oceanography’s new remotely operated vehicle to advance deep-sea exploration and education

Researchers studying the deep sea have access to a powerful new tool with the acquisition of a sophisticated, remotely operated vehicle (ROV) by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ and Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO).

July 8, 2024News

Coccolithophore (milky blue) and diatoms (dark green) blooms in the Black Sea between southeastern Europe and western Asia at various times of year. Photo credit: OLCI on the Sentinel-3B satellite.

From space to canvas: Observing ocean color

Using remote sensing instruments on satellites, researchers can study the color of the ocean from space. Some of those striking satellite images are now on display at CMS.

June 24, 2024Blogs and Perspectives

Jean Lim, a postdoc in the Breitbart Lab, uses qPCR and metagenomics approaches to study marine viruses.

Investigating the geographic distribution of a seagrass virus

Turtlegrass virus X (TVX), which infects the seagrass Thalassia testudinum (turtlegrass), is the only potexvirus known to infect marine flowering plants.

June 24, 2024Publication Highlights

Rescue 5, one of Eckerd College Search and Rescue (EC-SAR)’s vessels which is outfitted with a data logger for Crowd the Bay. Photo credit: Matthew Hommeyer/Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies.

USF Mapping Center Taps Tampa Bay’s Boating Crowd for Seafloor Depth Measurements

The state’s profound connection to the ocean is underscored by the many maritime activities and industries that bolster its economy. Safe boating, whether for commercial shipping, fishing, or leisure, relies on one common element: nautical charts.

June 20, 2024News

Once again, South Florida was submerged under an unsettling amount of water this week, the kind of totals usually only seen during a tropical storm or hurricane.

June 17, 2024Florida Flood Hub, News

A side-scan sonar image of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s last ship, Quest, discovered by a team led by USF alum and shipwreck hunter David Mearns. Credit: Royal Canadian Geographical Society.

USF-trained shipwreck hunter makes another major discovery

Using a technique known as side-scan sonar, a team led by David Mearns and The Royal Canadian Geographical Society found Shackleton’s last ship off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

June 17, 2024News

GEOTRACES has been an international effort involving hundreds of scientists and more than 150 research cruises. Here, crew members aboard the R/V Roger Revelle, including CMS graduate student Dylan Halbeisen, recover a GEOTRACES carousel rosette during an arctic cruise. Photo credit: Jennifer Middleton, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.

How GEOTRACES helped unlock secrets of marine trace elements

GEOTRACES has been an international effort to better understand the role of marine trace elements and determine their distributions in the ocean.

June 12, 2024News, Publication Highlights

The National Weather Service predicts an above-normal 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Idalia is seen here after landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida in August 2023. Credit: NOAA

The Ocean Circulation Lab braces for a busy hurricane season

The Ocean Circulation Lab maintains a pair of high-resolution circulation models that can be used to forecast water levels days before hurricane landfall.

June 5, 2024Florida Flood Hub, News

In this video, College of Engineering student Jaden Crute discusses the development of TREVOR during her internship with COMIT.

Engineering for Ocean Science Research

Developed by COMIT at the College of Marine Science, the uncrewed surface vehicle called TREVOR (Test Robotics Environment Vehicle for Ocean Research) demonstrates a cost-effective way to conduct marine research.

June 3, 2024Blogs and Perspectives, Diversity

Rising Tides - May 2024

Rising Tides - May 2024

View some of the highlights in the Rising Tides Newsletter, May 2024 edition.

May 31, 2024Rising Tides Newsletter

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