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Professors discuss water issues at UNESCO conference

Professors discuss water issues at UNESCO conference

Written by: Ashley Garcia Located at the epicenter of sea level rise impact, FIU is intimately aware of the importance […]

How healthy is the Florida Everglades?

How healthy is the Florida Everglades?

Florida’s southernmost alligators are too skinny based on a new report card and interactive website on the Everglades’ ecosystem health. Rising sea […]

The Coastal Ecosystems REU Site welcome first student cohort

The Coastal Ecosystems REU Site welcome first student cohort

Nine students from universities across the country are participating in a 10-week paid research fellowship to gain first-hand experience alongside […]

2011 heat wave still making an impact on Shark Bay

2011 heat wave still making an impact on Shark Bay

Researchers from the Heithaus Lab analyzed the impact of the largest marine heat wave ever to hit Shark Bay, Western Australia. In […]

Light, color, vision and the Underwater World

Light, color, vision and the Underwater World

Animals around the world, from squids to chameleons to octopus, have developed unique adaptations that allow them to change colors […]

Collaboration aims to bridge seagrass conservation efforts

Collaboration aims to bridge seagrass conservation efforts

A year ago, Dr. Guanglong Qiu traveled almost 9,000 miles from southern China to work with Dr. James Fourqurean in the Seagrass Ecosystems […]

SeaKeepers partners with CASE to tackle pollution

SeaKeepers partners with CASE to tackle pollution

The College of Arts, Sciences & Education has teamed up with the International SeaKeepers Society to launch the S.A.R.A.H. program — […]

Ongoing red tide monitoring in South Florida

Ongoing red tide monitoring in South Florida

Red tide has continued to cause health problems for the public and wildlife throughout Florida. Although South Florida waters have […]

Aquarius Resurfaced: Caribbean sponge communities structured by top-down effects

Aquarius Resurfaced: Caribbean sponge communities structured by top-down effects

Sponges are becoming the dominant habitat-forming organism on Caribbean reefs as corals continue to decline because of environmental stressors like […]

We are Tropics: Alexander Shepack

We are Tropics: Alexander Shepack

Catching frogs and walking in the rain is more than just a hobby for FIU Tropics PhD student, Alexander Shepack. Working mostly […]