USF College of Marine Science

Since 1991, the USF College of Marine Science has hosted Oceanography Camp Especially for Girls. Every summer, 30 eighth-grade grad go on a research expedition and do what marine scientists do.

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From mud collected in Antarctica to mangrove soil scooped up in Tampa Bay, specimens are resurfacing. But it may be a while before vital scientific equipment is restored.

Some individuals have lost samples and “library collections that they have been building for decades.”

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“I think almost everybody that was doing research and using that facility will be impacted one way or another,” said Dean Tom Frazer. “We're still concerned that samples may have been lost that may be irreplaceable."

No injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire is under investigation. USF officials said initial information indicates the building "may be a total loss."

Hurricanes and red tides could become more powerful as the Gulf of Mexico heats to record levels. But budget cuts are threatening a system that monitors conditions there — including programs based in St. Petersburg and Sarasota.

A massive sargassum bloom inundated coastlines in Florida and the Caribbean earlier this year. Now, the University of South Florida is leading a $3.2 million grant to bridge a gap in tracking the algae from the open ocean to land.

Among the items approved in Florida's 2023-24 fiscal year budget are a new Environmental and Oceanographic Sciences Research and Teaching facility on the USF St. Petersburg campus.

An alarming number of sea urchins dying in the Caribbean and along Florida's east coast had scientists wondering why.