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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

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

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 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.

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

Huge Sargassum Seaweed Blooms Again Threaten Florida, Caribbean and Mexico
Sargassum Seaweed Blooms Could Get Worse in 2019.
January 25, 2019News

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

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

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

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

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

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