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UF Center for Coastal Solutions awarded multi-institution grant to study Harmful Algal Blooms
University of Florida Center for Coastal Solutions (CCS) Associate Director David Kaplan, Ph.D., and a team of CCS-affiliated scientists and engineers from UF, the University of South Florida, North Carolina State University and the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation have received $2.3… Read More
Sheng Uses Simulations to Estimate Value of Coastal Wetlands for Storm-Induced Flood Protection of Communities
Peter Sheng, Ph.D., a professor emeritus and adjunct research professor in coastal and oceanographic engineering, led a team of scientists to assess the value of coastal wetlands for reducing flood damage of coastal communities in New Jersey, New York and… Read More
UF Collaborates with Ocean Conservancy to Research Discharge in Tampa Bay
Gainesville, Fla. – Scientists in the University of Florida’s newly established Center for Coastal Solutions (CCS) and collaborators from the Ocean Conservancy are researching and tracking the ecological effects of the Piney Point reservoir leak into Tampa Bay. Over the… Read More
UF Collaborates with Conservation Foundation on Coastal Solutions
New Study Shifts the Focus to the Tropics on Ocean Deoxygenation
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A paper recently published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution (TREE) suggests a new approach is needed to study the depletion of oxygen in the ocean. The paper describes a need to shift our focus from temperate… Read More
Something’s in the Water
David Kaplan, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) within the University of Florida Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, along with a team of scientists, wrote an amicus curiae brief for the U.S.… Read More