News and Events – Page 3 – USF College of Marine Science

Mar- 2019 -

12 March

Dr. Peter Morton (FSU) and Brent Summers (USFCMS, Master's student) testing a novel, towed surface sampler that will be used to collect uncontaminated water for trace metal chemistry.

Angari Trace Metals cruise

Written by Sean Beckwith, Web Content Developer for USFCMS WEST END, GRAND BAHAMA – The Southern Gulf Stream has never…

8 March

Gravity corer on deck of the drilling platform separated from Subglacial Lake Mercer by a kilometer of ice. Photo Credit: Kathy Kasic, SALSA

A kilometer of Antarctic ice hides lake and possible clues to the future of our warming planet

Written by Sean Beckwith, Web Content Developer for USFCMS ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Receiving a cherished, albeit slightly belated Christmas…

6 March

The Research Vessel Weatherbird II docked at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science. By Seán Kinane (21 April 2016).

USF scientist talks about the health of the Gulf of Mexico 9 years after the BP oil disaster

Posted March 6, 2019 by Seán Kinane & filed under Environment, News and Public Affairs. ST. PETERSBURG, FL – In…

5 March

Sites of sediment collection for time series (green), high PAH (yellow), and RPO analysis (red).

Petrocarbon evolution: Ramped pyrolysis/oxidation and isotopic studies of contaminated oil sediments from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

Abstract Hydrocarbons released during the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill weathered due to exposure to oxygen, light, and microbes. During…

Feb- 2019 -

28 February

Zonal Jets: Phenomenology, Genesis, and Physics. Choosing the book’s cover image was a story of sweet serendipity, Galperin said. A book contributor, Yakov Afanasyev from the Memorial University of Newfoundland, is also an amateur painter who drew inspiration from recent NASA images (the Juno mission) to craft this ethereal painting of Jupiter’s weather layer.

Zonal Jets: the Boundless Capillaries of the Sea

Written By: Kristen M. Kusek, Science Communication Strategist for USFCMS ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Anyone who has experienced headwinds or…

27 February

Seven USFCMS graduate students just wrapped up their second day at the 2019 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Attendees include left to right: Jon Sharp, Ellie Hudson-Heck, Shannon Burns, Adrienne Hollister, Katelyn Schockman, Kate Dubickas, and Ben Ross. Photo courtesy of: Kate Dubickas

Grad students wrap up second day at the 2019 ASLO conference in Puerto Rico

Written By: Kate Dubickas, Master’s Student at USF College of Marine Science SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO – Six fellow graduate…

27 February

University of South Florida graduate student Meaghan Faletti carefully dissects the information-rich eye lens from a pinfish. Photo Credit: Meaghan Faletti

Diving into a Fish-Eat-Forage-Fish World

Written By: Stan Mihalecz of Alert Diver Online ST. PETERSBURG, FL – As scuba divers, life beneath the waves is…

26 February

This image shows oil appearance frequency from all cloud-free images (including those without sun glint) in 2005–2016. It shows a cumulative area of 1888 km2 near the Taylor Energy Platform. (Figure 6 in the study, used with permission of Chuanmin Hu)

Study Estimates Larger-than-Expected Oil Footprint Near the Damaged Taylor Energy Platform

Written By: Nilde Maggie Dannreuther and Stephanie Ellis of Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Researchers analyzed…

25 February

Zooplankton. Photo Credit: Matt Wilson/Jay Clark, NOAA NMFS AFSC Wikimedia

The Ocean Is Running Out of Breath, Scientists Warn

Reported by Laura Poppick , General Assignment Reporter at Scientific American ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Escaping predators, digestion and other…

25 February

Aerial drone photo of the neighborhood in Redington Beach. Some scientific forecasts of rising seal levels project that a 2-foot rise would leave parts of the town underwater by 2100. But there are much more pessimistic forecasts out there. Photo Credit: Luis Santana | Times.

Climate change is here. Will Tampa Bay finally get ready?

Reported by Kirby Wilson, General Assignment Reporter at Tampa Bay Times TAMPA, FL – In a nondescript office building in…

20 February

Members of the Seminole High School ‘A team’ review their answers during a break in the action of the Round Robin morning session at the 2019 Spoonbill Bowl.

2019 marks 15 years of the Spoonbill Bowl

Written by Sean Beckwith, Web Content Developer for USFCMS ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Do you have an advanced degree in…

19 February

Improving Turbulent Parameterizations in an Operational Hurricane Model using Aircraft Observations

**This seminar event has been canceled** Speaker: Jun Zhang Affiliation: NOAA AOML Title: Improving Turbulent Parameterizations in an Operational Hurricane…

18 February

Temporal Variability in Oceanic Biogeochemical Processes: Challenges and Potential Solutions

Speaker: Chris Martens Affiliation: University of North Carolina Title: Temporal Variability in Oceanic Biogeochemical Processes: Challenges and Potential Solutions Host:…

14 February