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Rising Tides 鈥 April 2020

Rising Tides 鈥 April 2020

View some of the highlights in the Rising Tides Newsletter, April 2020 edition.

April 16, 2020Rising Tides Newsletter

Dr. Jyotika Virmani presenting about the XPRIZE at Visioneering, 2016

A Q&A with Alum, Dr. Jyotika Virmani

We caught up with Jyotika, who was previously the Executive Director of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE that involved a full-on gaggle of CMS alums, to hear more about the dawn of her illustrious new career chapter.

April 16, 2020Newsletter Articles

Deploying a handheld (5L) horizontal water sampler

Scientists Conduct First Census of Viruses and Bacteria Living in Florida Springs

The study provides a critical baseline understanding of freshwater springs fed by the Floridan Aquifer, a source of drinking water that has declined in health in recent years

April 16, 2020News

Oil Toxins Pervasive in Gulf of Mexico

Oil Toxins Pervasive in Gulf of Mexico

All fishes sampled in first comprehensive, Gulf-wide survey of oil pollution after 2010 Deepwater Horizon Spill show evidence of chronic oil exposure.

April 15, 2020News

Figure 1. High frequency radars (HFR) are land-based systems that measure the speed and direction of ocean surface currents in near real-time. Pictured above is the newly deployed HFR receive antenna, location and measured data coverage.

新澳门六合彩内幕信息Leads Installation of New High Frequency Radar (HFR) near Marathon, Florida

A new High Frequency Radar (HFR) was installed near Marathon, Florida to study the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current System by the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息鈥檚 Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System (新澳门六合彩内幕信息COMPS), in cooperation with Rutgers University and the University of Miami.

April 13, 2020Blogs and Perspectives

CMS graduate student Brent Summers process samples in the lab at the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息College of Marine Science (新澳门六合彩内幕信息CMS). CMS donated more than 25 boxes of lab gear to Bayfront Health St. Petersburg, a medical facility down the street from campus.

CMS Helps Start Ripple Effect of Giving in St. Petersburg

Rising to the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic.

April 3, 2020COVID-19, News

Lead author Adrienne Hollister aboard the R/V Hogarth in 2018. A key challenge for scientists working on trace metals is contamination, especially aboard a research ship, so clean lab techniques are required.

Scientists 鈥淲atch鈥 Phytoplankton Regenerate Trace Metals for First Time

A lab simulation led by the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息College of Marine Science begins to plug holes in decades-long gaps of knowledge about trace metal chemistry.

April 2, 2020News

Dr. Cheryl Hapke

Dr. Cheryl Hapke Named 2020 Distinguished Lecturer

Hapke will receive the award at the 2020 GSA Annual Meeting in Montreal, Quebec in October.

March 19, 2020Awards, News

New CMS Outreach Program Wins Smart Cities Award

New CMS Outreach Program Wins Smart Cities Award

We are proud to launch this program with the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Suncoast so we can that educate kids about the challenges and opportunities facing our precious coast, while also empowering them toward action.

March 10, 2020Community Engagement, News

Sargassum piles up around Munson Island, Florida Keys. Credit: Brian Lapointe

Solving the Mystery of Coastal Sargassum

新澳门六合彩内幕信息marine scientists were part of a NOAA-led study that improves our understanding of a new phenomenon: thick belts of brown algae piling up in places it never used to be before.

February 25, 2020News

Rising Tides 鈥 February 2020

Rising Tides 鈥 February 2020

View some of the highlights in the Rising Tides Newsletter, February 2020 edition.

February 19, 2020Rising Tides Newsletter

Jacqueline Eaby Dixon and Anne Von Rosenstiel

A Tribute to Mrs. Anne Von Rosenstiel

The 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 and the College of Marine Science is deeply saddened to learn of the recent passing (December 2019) of Anne Von Rosenstiel, who with her late husband Werner, was a constant supporter of 新澳门六合彩内幕信息and the College of Marine Science.

February 19, 2020Newsletter Articles

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