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Rising Tides - October 2024

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

October 17, 2024Rising Tides Newsletter

Dr. Ana Arellano with the 2024 REU Making Waves students.

Celebrating the Success of the Making Waves REU 2024

We want to take a moment to express our sincere gratitude for the dedication that the mentors, graduate students, program coordinators, and USF personnel provided during the 2024 Making Waves REU (MWREU) program.

October 3, 2024Blogs and Perspectives, Making Waves REU

A conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) rosette used to sample water from the ocean鈥檚 twilight zone during a GEOTRACES expedition in the Pacific Ocean. Credit: Alex Fox.

Deep-sea discovery shines light on life in the twilight zone

A GEOTRACES expedition in the Pacific Ocean revealed low levels of iron in the ocean鈥檚 twilight zone. A paper detailing the unexpected findings was published this week in Nature.

September 19, 2024News

Cheng Xue, a postdoctoral scholar in the Optical Oceanography Lab at USF CMS, is the lead author on a recent article published in the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. The figure above shows satellite images of Qatari coastal waters (left) and the floating algae scums of 2017 (right). Courtesy of Cheng Xue.

Revealed by satellites: Long-term trends of coastal water quality in Qatar

In a recent article, members of the Optical Oceanography Lab used satellite observations to track changes to coastal water quality in Qatar, where a fast-growing economy comes with environmental challenges.

September 16, 2024Publication Highlights

Skeletons and shells from an invasive species of foraminifera are helping build beaches like this one in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

An 鈥渋nvasive鈥� marine organism has become an economic resource in the eastern Mediterranean

A recent paper on foraminifera in the eastern Mediterranean offers a unique perspective on the complex interactions between humans and marine environments.

September 12, 2024News

The crew captured the first live footage of the Promachoteuthis squid, a genus which had previously only been characterized from dead samples. Credit: ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute

Team led by USF alum discovers seamount, new species along Nazca Ridge

This discovery of a deep-sea mountain is the latest in a string of new seafloor data gathered in the Nazca Ridge area by scientists led by Jyotika Virmani at the Schmidt Ocean Institute.

September 9, 2024News

An annual tradition, the faculty seminar kicks off the Fall semester and is a chance for faculty members to present their latest research to the College.

Research shines at the Fall 2024 CMS Faculty Seminar Series

An annual tradition, the faculty seminar kicks off the Fall semester and is a chance for faculty members to present their latest research to the College.

September 9, 2024Blogs and Perspectives, News

CMS doctoral candidates Natalia L贸pez Figueroa and Michael Schram established the ESA coastal and marine ecology section to foster a space for marine scientists to present their research.

Founded by CMS students, new ESA section promotes marine and coastal ecology

CMS doctoral candidates Natalia L贸pez Figueroa and Michael Schram founded the ESA coastal and marine ecology section to foster a space for marine scientists to present their research.

August 30, 2024Blogs and Perspectives, News

Three incoming CMS students were awarded prestigious USF fellowships, joining eight current CMS students with similar distinctions.

Three CMS students earn prestigious USF Fellowships

Three student from the USF College of Marine Science were awarded 2024 Office of Graduate Studies Fellowships.

August 21, 2024Awards, Blogs and Perspectives

Rising Tides Newsletter, August 2024 edition

Rising Tides August 2024

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

August 13, 2024Rising Tides Newsletter

The CUFES鈥� first day out at sea collecting fish eggs as the Weatherbird II is underway heading north to the panhandle. Picture Credit: Jess Van Vaerenbergh

Device built from scratch helps scientists tackle a fish-spawning mystery

A CMS student built a Continuous Underway Fish Egg Samper, or a CUFES for a new SHELF project to determine what species of fish and where they are spawning on the West Florida Shelf. This device took its maiden voyage in late June.

August 12, 2024News

A pair of recent studies found that sea surface temperatures are rising rapidly in South Florida鈥檚 estuaries, including Florida Bay, pictured here. Credit: National Park Service

Estuaries in South Florida are warming faster than the Gulf of Mexico and global ocean

Using satellite data, CMS researchers found that sea surface temperatures in four estuaries in South Florida have risen faster than sea surface temperatures globally and in the Gulf of Mexico.

August 7, 2024News

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