CREST CAChE enters fourth year Written by Maria Paula Pulido, April 1st, 2019 The CREST Center for Aquatic Chemistry and Environment (CAChE) held its third annual “All Hands Meeting” and student research symposium […]
Family Science Night at The Academy at Ocean Reef Written by Analisa Duran, March 22nd, 2019 We recently hosted a Family Science Night at the Academy at Ocean Reef in Key Largo, Florida. Students and families […]
Aquarius Resurfaced: Microbial diversity in massive starlet coral Written by Catherine Guinovart, March 15th, 2019 During NEEMO XX, a fourteen-day mission aboard Aquarius, the aquanaut team assisted researchers from FIU’s IMaGeS Lab in the collection of […]
Coral reef restoration and conservation efforts Written by Christine Calvo, March 4th, 2019 Pillar corals may be locally extinct in Florida in five years. Recent PhD graduate, Cindy Lewis discusses the importance of […]
Twenty-five years later, prominent professor retires Written by Candice Allouch, February 26th, 2019 For over 25 years, Dr. Rudolf Jaffé has dedicated his time to the Southeast Environmental Research Center (SERC), working in the […]
Dr. James Fourqurean: Saving seagrass to save the planet Written by Catherine Guinovart, February 25th, 2019 Dr. James Fourqurean, the Director of FIU’s Center for Coastal Oceans Research (CCOR) and member of the International Blue Carbon […]
CCOR Travel Award Winners – Spring 2019 Written by Giselle Cancio, February 21st, 2019 We are pleased to announce the seven recipients of the Center for Coastal Oceans Research (CCOR) travel awards for the […]
Dr. Maria Donoso leads UNESCO Division of Water Sciences in Paris Written by Candice Allouch, February 20th, 2019 Last year, Dr. Maria Donoso spearheaded the creation of the UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Water Security at FIU. Now, Donoso has been […]
Simulating oil spills in the lab Written by Christine Calvo, February 19th, 2019 Dr. Piero Gardinali, professor within the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, shares on the Academic Minute how oil spills can […]
Aquarius Resurfaced: Ecology of fear in plant-eating coral reef fish Written by Catherine Guinovart, February 19th, 2019 In November 2013, during FIU’s first Aquarius mission, researchers used fiberglass models of predatory fish to study how the risk […]