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![Marine sanctuaries and monuments are some of our nation鈥檚 underwater treasures. This image was reproduced from the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) world map and customized by NOAA鈥檚 Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. Credit: NOAA](/marine-science/news/images/marine-sanctuaries-490x327.jpg)
USF Team Selected by NOAA for Award to Support Marine Sanctuaries
The three-year project, 鈥淐limate Change Indicators Across the National Marine Sanctuaries System,鈥 is one of seven competitively selected projects addressing marine sanctuary management totaling $3.7 million.
October 26, 2022News, Resiliency News
![This study is the first to drill down into the relationship between oxygen, temperature and the metabolic requirements of vertical migrators, which include krill to the jumbo squid (shown here). The metabolic requirements of vertical migrators suggest they may experience an expansion of their native habitat in response to changing ocean conditions. Credit: Stephani Gordon, Open Boat Films](/marine-science/news/images/jumbo-squid-and-ink-cloud-490x327.jpg)
Warming oceans likely to shrink the viable habitat of many marine animals 鈥 but not all
As the oceans warm squid and other vertical migrators living in tropical zones are likely to expand their habitat northward 鈥 but not necessarily leave their native tropical zones.
October 14, 2022News
![Mya Breitbart with her team in the field.](/marine-science/news/images/mya-breitbart-with-her-team-in-the-field-490x327.jpg)
Mya Breitbart, 鈥渧irus hunter鈥 at the CMS, named Distinguished University Professor
Twenty years ago, Mya Breitbart, a biological oceanography professor at the USF College of Marine Science (CMS), published a landmark paper in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences (PNAS) about a new sequencing technique called viral metagenomics.
October 10, 2022News
![Through improved flood forecasting, the 91社区 Flood Hub for Applied Research and Innovation will inform science-based policy, planning, and management decisions to support a more resilient 91社区 for all.](/marine-science/news/images/lovers-key-naples-mangrove-natural-infrastructure-490x327.jpg)
The Flood Hub rises to the challenge of coastal resilience in 91社区
Through improved flood forecasting, the 91社区 Flood Hub for Applied Research and Innovation will inform science-based policy, planning, and management decisions to support a more resilient 91社区 for all.
September 19, 202291社区 Flood Hub, News
![Robert H. Weisberg, a 91社区 physical oceanographer, stands on the top deck of the R/V W.T. Hogarth research vessel on May 3. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Tampa Bay Times ]](/marine-science/news/images/bob-weisberg-on-the-research-vessel-wt-hogarth-photo-credit-douglas-clifford-490x327.jpg)
Robert H. Weisberg was elected as an AGU Fellow
Distinguished University Professor Emeritus Robert H. Weisberg was elected as an American Geophysical Union鈥檚 (AGU) Fellow.
![The glider fitted with a SUNA nitrate sensor was deployed by members of the Center for Ocean Technology to capture water column data. Photo credit, Chad Lembke.](/marine-science/news/images/glider-fitted-with-a-suna-nitrate-sensor-was-deployed-by-members-of-the-center-for-ocean-technology-490x317.jpg)
CMS labs join forces to solve the mysteries of 91社区鈥檚 red tides
In a serendipitous research cruise this summer, three labs within the USF College of Marine Science, plus its glider fleet team, joined forces to improve our understanding of a decades-old question: what causes red tides to form in the Gulf of Mexico?
September 7, 2022News
![The R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer photographed from a drone at Thwaites Glacier ice front in February 2019. (Credit: Alexandra Mazur/University of Gothenburg)](/marine-science/news/images/the-rv-nathaniel-b-palmer-photographed-from-a-drone-at-thwaites-glacier-490x327.jpg)
Faster in the Past: New seafloor images 鈥 the highest resolution of any taken off the West Antarctic Ice Sheet 鈥 upend understanding of Thwaites Glacier retreat
At times in its past, retreat of the massive Thwaites Glacier was even quicker than it is today, heightening concerns for its future.
September 5, 2022News
![Katelyn Schockman is a PhD Candidate (now graduate- congrats!) in the lab of Dr. Bob Byrnes, who is a co-author on the paper.](/marine-science/news/images/katelyn-schockman-new-publication-one-on-one-490x327.jpg)
A hybrid conductometric / spectrophotometric method for determining ionic strength of dilute aqueous solutions
A hybrid conductometric / spectrophotometric method for determining ionic strength of dilute aqueous solutions.
August 17, 2022News, Publication Highlights
![Healthy coral reef in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. Sources/Usage: Public Domain.](/marine-science/news/images/healthy-coral-reef-in-st-croix-us-virgin-islands-490x327.jpg)
Coral Reef 鈥淥ases鈥: New Study Provides Clues to Locate Resilient Reef Communities
New models developed by an international team including USGS researchers could predict and explain the locations of resilient coral reef communities that may play a key role in coral reef conservation efforts.
August 2, 2022News, Publication Highlights
![Graduate students Hannah Hunt (USF), Dylan Halbeisen (USF), Ilana Farrell (OSU) work with Dr. Salvo Caprara (USF) and Dr. Joe Tamborski (ODU) to sample the Hillsborough River. The team is collecting dissolved metals and organic matter and measuring the salinity, temperature and pH of the river. Credit: Tim Conway, USF](/marine-science/news/images/team-is-collecting-dissolved-metals-and-organic-matter-and-measuring-the-salinity-temperature-490x327.jpg)
On the hunt: where do phytoplankton get their food in the nutrient-starved Gulf?
The team has a hunch there鈥檚 an overlooked nutrient source that requires further investigation: submarine groundwater discharge along the coastal margins.
August 2, 2022News
![USF CMS graduate student Jon Peake on a research dive.](/marine-science/news/images/usf-cms-graduate-student-jon-peake-on-a-research-dive-490x327.jpg)
USF research team advances understanding of the small but mighty forage fishes
Forage fishes, or bait fish, are unsung heroes of the Gulf coast ecosystem. Many of these species have been overlooked by fisheries scientists and managers until fairly recently.
July 19, 2022News
![A stunning painting of Amberjack by Diane Peebles. 漏 Diane Rome Peebles.](/marine-science/news/images/amberjack-peebles-490-327.jpg)
Jackpot: scientific study offers $250 rewards for tagged Greater Amberjack
Dr. Sean Powers of the University of South Alabama is leading a 鈥淒ream Team鈥 of researchers in an $11.7 million study of the Greater Amberjack species.
June 28, 2022News