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Oil Rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo Credit: C-IMAGE

The Loop – Episode 12: Marine Technology Society (MTS) TechSurge

In February 2018, a pair of unrelated science conferences were hosted in New Orleans, LA during the same week: Underwater Intervention, and the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Sciences Conference.

February 1, 2019News

Chief Scientist, Jay Law, captures this photo as he examines the buoy and mooring line.

USGS – Âé¶¹ÃÛÌÒAV CMS can now monitor carbon off Florida coast

A recent collaboration between the two groups allowed for the successful deployment of a re-engineered oceanographic buoy with additional Ocean Carbon System sensors.

February 1, 2019News

Shaojie Sun measured spectral reflectance in an oil tank experiment at the Ohmsett facility in New Jersey. Photo Credit: Ohmsett Facility

Study Develops Algorithm to Detect Surface Oil and Thickness

Scientists analyzed spectral images of surface oil slicks and proposed a new method to determine oil distribution and thickness when high resolution imagery is not available.

January 30, 2019News

Mya Breitbart Elected as a new Fellow into ASM

Mya Breitbart Elected as a 2019 Fellow into the American Society for Microbiology

Mya Breitbart, who has been elected as a new Fellow in the American Society for Microbiology in recognition of her groundbreaking achievements in studying viruses.

January 29, 2019Awards, News

Mya Breitbart in the Marine Geonomics Lab. Photo Credit: Amie Blodgett

Mya Breitbart: Decoding Marine Mysteries With “The Virus Hunterâ€

Mya Breitbart, Professor of Biological Oceanography, never forgets how pivotal the hands-on experience she got through Girl Scout outings was to launching her career, from watching sea turtle eggs hatch to working on her first research cruise on the Great Lakes.

January 28, 2019News

Sargassum Seaweed Blooms Could Get Worse in 2019. Photo Credit: The Weather Channel

Huge Sargassum Seaweed Blooms Again Threaten Florida, Caribbean and Mexico

Sargassum Seaweed Blooms Could Get Worse in 2019.

January 25, 2019News

Dust storms from the Sahara supply many important chemical elements to the ocean. In a new study, researchers test how thorium can be used to quantify these elemental fluxes, which can be difficult to measure directly. Photo Credit: NASA

A Novel Approach Reveals Element Cycles in the Ocean

Dissolved thorium isotopes light the way to a more thorough understanding of how different elements enter marine environments—and how long they stay there.

January 24, 2019News

C-SCAMP Bathymetry Data in Google Earth

View C-SCAMP’s bathymetry data in Google Earth

C-SCAMP now have files called GeoTIFFs available for download on several of their data product pages.

January 24, 2019News

Dewey Riou III will assist the Âé¶¹ÃÛÌÒAV College of Marine Science community with software and hardware related issues, graphical printing, and general IT support.

Âé¶¹ÃÛÌÒAV CMS Welcomes New Employee, Dewey Riou III

Dewey Riou III joined the Âé¶¹ÃÛÌÒAV College of Marine Science as an IT Support Specialist after working as a Computer System Specialist at FWC’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.

January 15, 2019News

Kristen Buck, Assistant Professor Chemical Oceanography

Analysis crew to check results of ocean acidification on iron availability to phytoplankton in North Pacific

Kristen Buck, associate professor in the College of Marine Science, is part of an international, three-year effort to understand how ocean acidification affects the availability of iron, which is critical to the growth of the phytoplankton that form the base of the marine food web.

January 14, 2019News

A surfer on Siesta Beach takes advantage of swells created by a storm front that brought windy weather over the weekend. Morning temperatures dipped into the low 40s across the area. Photo Credit: Herald-Tribune staff photo / Mike Lang

Warmer weather is returning for a short time

The weather is not expected to change concentrations of red tide in the area.

January 14, 2019News

The Board of Directors met aboard the M/Y Usher on Nov. 1, 2018 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Mark Luther joins board of the International Seakeepers Society

Mark Luther, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Maritime and Port Studies in the College of Marine Science, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the International SeaKeepers Society.

January 10, 2019News

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