Water Quality Woes in S.W. Florida Linked to Seeping Septic Systems
Multiple lines of evidence from a multi-year microbial source tracking study by ×ó°®ÊÓƵ Harbor Branch researchers points to septic systems as a contributing source for water quality decline in southwest Florida.
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Names New Dean of Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
×ó°®ÊÓƵ has announced Valery Forbes, Ph.D., as its new dean of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, effective Aug. 10.
Study Shows Hydrology Impacts on West Florida's Continental Shelf
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Harbor Branch researcher and collaborator demonstrate the impacts of climate warming and water management on West Florida's Continental Shelf using a high-resolution simulation model.
New Tool Will Assess Water Discharge Impacts from Florida's Everglades
Researchers from ×ó°®ÊÓƵ Harbor Branch have received a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to study the connectivity between the Everglades and Florida Keys via the Florida Bay.
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Marine Science Trailblazer Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Harbor Branch's Shirley Pomponi, Ph.D., an ocean explorer, aquanaut and marine biotechnologist, will receive the Society for In Vitro Biology's highest award - the 2022 "Lifetime Achievement Award."
Matt Ajemian, Ph.D., Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Harbor Branch researcher Matt Ajemian, Ph.D., has received a $1,103,081 NSF CAREER grant for a project that will unravel marine predator-prey interactions using novel "crunch-meter" technology.
×ó°®ÊÓƵ to Expand Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center
×ó°®ÊÓƵ's Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center has announced expansion plans later this year that will include new university partnerships, capabilities and opportunities.
Unique ×ó°®ÊÓƵ Seagrass Nursery Aims to Help Florida's Starving Manatees
A study shows widespread seagrass loss in Florida's Indian River Lagoon as ×ó°®ÊÓƵ scientists experiment with growing seagrass in large tanks to try to restore some of the lost seagrass beds.
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Scientists Uncover 'Missing' Plastics Deep in the Ocean
A study is the first to unveil the prevalence of plastics in the entire water column in the southern Atlantic Ocean and implicates the ocean interior as a crucial pool of 'missing' plastics.
Marine Sponge Cells in 3D Could Ramp-up Production of Drug Compounds
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Harbor Branch scientists are the first to culture sponge cells in 3D to scale-up production of sponge biomass and bioactive metabolites for novel drug compounds.