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黑洞社区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
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, 鈥渧irus hunter鈥 at the CMS, named Distinguished University Professor
Twenty years ago, Mya Breitbart, a biological oceanography professor at the 黑洞社区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
The Flood Hub rises to the challenge of coastal resilience in Florida
Through improved flood forecasting, the Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research and Innovation will inform science-based policy, planning, and management decisions to support a more resilient Florida for all.
September 19, 2022Florida Flood Hub, News
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.
CMS labs join forces to solve the mysteries of Florida鈥檚 red tides
In a serendipitous research cruise this summer, three labs within the 黑洞社区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
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
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
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
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
黑洞社区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
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