Happy #Earth Day2024 from #USF CMS! 🌎

Today is about celebrating our #blueplanet and coming together to protect Earth!

The #ocean plays a fundamental role in sustaining life on #Earth , and its health is essential for the well-being of both terrestrial and #marineecosystems .

Take me out to the ball game! 📷

On Monday night, #USF College of #MarineScience had special recognition at the matchup between the USF Bulls (USF Baseball) and the FGCU Eagles! Professor Chris Stallings took the field to throw the first pitch at the game! bit.ly/444sVsv

From the California’s Pacific, to Florida’s Gulf of Mexico, the sea is rising and becoming an increasing threat to communities that have settled along the water’s edge. bit.ly/4aMD13F #USF

The 3rd of 3 CODAR High Frequency Radars in the lower FL Keys has been deployed by USF Marine Science at Ft. Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas National Park. These HFRs measure surface currents to improve understanding and prediction of the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current.

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'I got into this research field because I was fascinated by #climate change in the past as part of my degree in #geology at the University of Cambridge,' said Dr Tim Conway. #USF bit.ly/4cYdZA9

“We’re trying to draw together all of the best possible approaches and say here’s the statewide approach,” said Charles Jacoby with the #FloridaFloodHub . #USF bit.ly/3Uja2hZ

“One thing to know about the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt is not just one contiguous mass that's going to come and swallow the entire #Caribbean and #Florida ,” said #USF ’s Brian Barnes, a lead #sargassum researcher. bit.ly/447kZGY

“These things are concrete and filled with rock,” said Mark Luther, director of the University of South Florida Center for Maritime and Port Studies. “They stick way down into the bottom, and they rise about 15 feet above the waterline.” #USF WUSF bit.ly/49BaP29

“One individual #oyster can filter about 50 gallons of water per day,” said Olivia Blondheim, a scientific #outreach coordinator at the Gulf Shellfish Institute. #USF bit.ly/49skwA1

“We’re still kind of looking into why it was so severe and how it spreads, how it’s transported, so that’s all future research we’re working on,' said Isabella Ritchie, a PhD student at #USF and lead author of the study. bit.ly/3PPz4CZ

Mark Luther, director of the #USF Center for Maritime and Port Studies, said the Sunshine Skyway collapse in 1980 led to innovations for bridge protection that were not present at the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. bit.ly/3xmpFfG