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The Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research and Innovation

The Flood Hub is a first in Florida. Established by the state and based at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science, it bridges the gap between scientists, policymakers, practitioners, and the public to help communities mitigate and adapt to flooding risks. The Flood Hub’s goal is to improve flood forecasting and inform science-based policy, planning, and management decisions.

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The Spoonbill Bowl is a regional bowl of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) hosted by the USF College of Marne Science in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Congratulations to the 2024 Spoonbill Bowl Winners

Friday, April 5, 2024

The Spoonbill Bowl is a regional National Ocean Sciences Bowl hosted by USF CMS.

The seventeen student presentations covered research into biological, chemical, geological, and physical oceanography, from fish spawning to satellite monitoring.

CMS celebrates 40 years of Graduate Student Symposiums

Tuesday, February 13, 2023

The breadth of topics covered during the 2024 Graduate Student Symposium illustrates the impressive scope of science conducted at the College of Marine Science.

CMS in the News

The sun rises over Tampa Bay and the St. Pete Pier on a calm morning. (Spectrum News/Angie Angers)

Life & Work with Tim Conway

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Dr. Tim Conway is an Associate Professor in Chemical Oceanography at USF’s College of Marine Science, a career path that involved undergraduate (BA) and graduate degrees (MSci, PhD) from the University of Cambridge, postdoctoral work at the University of South Carolina and ETH Zürich (Switzerland), before beginning as an Assistant Professor in 2017 and then an Associate Professor in 2021.

Brian Lapointe, an algae bloom expert at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, is deep into his research on to to best dispose of large sargassum mats landing on Florida and Caribbean beaches every summer thanks to a $1.3 million grant from the Florida Department of Emergency Management

Sound at sea, sargassum buries beaches and threatens tourism

Sunday, April 14, 2024

Millions of tons of yellow-brown algae that have been swirling about in a region of the tropical Atlantic known as the Sargasso Sea are now breaking loose and landing on Florida shores.

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