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USF geoscientists deploy to study evacuation behavior ahead of Hurricane Ian
As the Tampa Bay region prepares for Hurricane Ian, a team of researchers is on the road to collect data on how individuals respond in a natural disaster.
September 26, 2022Research
Hidden in caves: Mineral overgrowths reveal unprecedented modern sea-level rise
The early 1900s were an exciting time across the world, with rapid advances in the steel, electric and automobile industries. The industrial changes also mark an inflection point in our climate.
June 30, 2022Research
Florida's state shell at higher risk of extinction than previously thought
The Florida horse conch population – one of the world’s largest invertebrate animals – is shrinking. Established in 1969 as the Florida state shell with a record length of two feet, it has become symbolic of Florida’s natural resources and widely used in advertising for the state’s tourism industry.
April 6, 2022Research
When the pandemic shut down Jason Gulley's travels, he shifted his attention to caves in his own backyard. Instead of rappelling a few hundred feet down vertical shafts in splintering ice, he swims deep inside underwater caverns in the porous limestone of the giant Floridan aquifer to document their failing health.
September 14, 2021Research
Seagrass beds along Florida’s east coast have collapsed, wiping out an important manatee food source. With nothing to eat, scientists are racing to save this gentle marine mammal.
August 26, 2021Research
Could caves on other planets yield the secrets of the universe? USF Geoscientist Bogdan Onac and his international colleagues want to find out
USF School of Geosciences Professor Bogdan P. Onac documents millions of years of Earth’s natural history by exploring caves and lava tubes around the world.
June 15, 2021Research
USF launches study to identify impact of COVID-19 vaccinations on hurricane evacuation behaviors
The University of South Florida is helping prepare offices of emergency management across the nation for the upcoming hurricane season by determining how COVID-19 may impact evacuation behaviors.
May 4, 2021Research
Photographer and scientist Jason Gulley decided to use his camera to make people care about nature. As a research geologist, he has spent the last 16 years studying how humans have impacted our planet.
April 21, 2021Research
USF Senior Withers Selected for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; Three Other USF Students Earn Honorable Mentions
Three USF students earned widely regarded honorable mentions: USF seniors Jack Edwards (Physics), and Stephanie Peak (Chemistry and Cell and Molecular Biology), and PhD student Franco Villegas-Garin (Geology).
April 21, 2021Honors and Awards, Research
The frozen cavern is a few hundred feet below the surface of the Greenland ice sheet and near-silent, save for an occasional boom or groan from cracks splintering in the distance or around the scientist's feet.
February 11, 2021Research
USF-led international geosciences team reconstructs 6.5 million years of sea level stands in the Western Mediterranean
The pressing concern posed by rising sea levels has created a critical need for scientists to precisely predict how quickly the oceans will rise in coming centuries.
January 21, 2021Research
USF volcanology team develops new approach to understanding massive volcanic eruptions
A USF geosciences team has developed a new way to reconstruct the sizes of volcanic eruptions that occurred thousands of years ago.
January 4, 2021Research