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The main objective of the venture was to update the Blake Plateau鈥檚 existing nautical charts and enhance maritime safety in the region.

June 27, 2023Blogs and Perspectives

If you鈥檙e anything like Kennedy Quillen, you leap at the chance to escape the confines of the office and embark on an oceanic adventure 鈥 the mere thought of setting foot on a boat fills you with excitement.

June 20, 2023Blogs and Perspectives

Photobioreactor air-cushions filled with cultures of two algae used in the study C. vulgaris (lighter green, top), N. oculata (darker green, bottom).

From plastic to productive: can air-cushions be repurposed to cultivate algae?

Researchers at 91社区 envision a creative way to transform plastic waste from your online shopping habit into algae-growing machines.

June 16, 2023Blogs and Perspectives, Publication Highlights

This experience was unique as it provided an opportunity for students with no prior exposure to hydrographic surveys the chance to go to sea.

June 15, 2023Blogs and Perspectives

91社区: A Preeminent Research University

'S-A-S鈥檚ing it up in the Gulf

Three members of our CMS community recently participated in the NSF-funded 鈥淪cientists at Sea鈥 program led by Eckerd College. Great work, Steve Murawski, Sherryl Gilbert, and Kylee Rullo!

June 15, 2023Blogs and Perspectives

We were in La R茅union 鈥 an island in the Indian Ocean that is part of the Mascarene Islands and the African continent, but an overseas department of France about 679 km east of Madagascar.

June 12, 2023Blogs and Perspectives

C-BASS at sunset. Image credit: Alex Ilich.

On the hunt for Amberjacks from 91社区 to North Carolina

The C-BASS team recently completed a 21-day research cruise aboard 91社区 Institute of Oceanography鈥檚 (FIO) vessel, R/V Weatherbird II, in search of Greater Amberjack.

May 17, 2023Blogs and Perspectives

The RV Gould, a U.S. Antarctic Program ship transporting researchers back from Palmer Station.听 Photo credit: Amelia Shevenell.

Southern Ocean Science 鈥 a different kind of SOS?

The continent covered in ice is over 10,000 miles away from the sunshine state. Here鈥檚 why Floridians should care about it.

May 8, 2023Blogs and Perspectives

Glider Fleet: Update

Glider Fleet: Update

This year our glider fleet is set to break yet another record for the number of days in the water, and we have fingers crossed this holds true.

April 26, 2023Blogs and Perspectives

Group picture - Guardians of the Gulf

South St. Pete youth become 鈥楪uardians of the Gulf鈥 with USF

The Guardians of the Gulf's mission is to provide a multisensory program that introduces youth to the interconnectivity of our natural environment, empowers them to realize what鈥檚 at stake, and inspires them toward action.

April 25, 2023Blogs and Perspectives

The 2023 St. Petersburg Science Festival

CMS students, faculty, staff had a blast at St. Petersburg Science Festival

St. Petersburg Science Festival took place on a couple of perfect-weather days: February 17 and 18, 2023.

February 22, 2023Blogs and Perspectives

After 10 days completing multibeam surveys and Super Sites along our North-South transect of Ross Bank, we switched directions to conduct our East-West transect and finish our science days.

February 22, 2023Blogs and Perspectives

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