Outrage rescued an important ocean research program
Senators saved a network of ocean sensors but other cutting-edge efforts are running out of funding.
Tag: National Science Foundation
Shock as Trump administration moves to dismantle crucial ocean monitoring system
The Ocean Observatories Initiative collects data on temperatures, currents and the ocean’s absorption of CO2.
Smoke and fire: FSU scientists investigate atmospheric interactions in wildfires with National Science Foundation funding
Wildfires pose hazards to human and ecological health and cost the U.S. between $394 and $893 billion annually.
FAU engineers win federal grant for unique school of bio-robotic fish
The research will develop systems to navigate through ocean environments that are now difficult or impossible to explore.
The workhorse ship of ocean drilling may have made its last voyage
Here’s why scientists don’t want to see the JOIDES Resolution mothballed.
Americans love nature but don’t feel empowered to protect it, new research shows
Most Americans now believe climate change is real, but many feel too exhausted, defeated or powerless to do anything about ...
NSF grant empowers FAU to explore Caribbean climate crisis
Using ethnography, the project will study the experiences of vulnerable communities in the area known as 'Hurricane Alley.'
FAU lands $1.3M NSF grant to boost dryland soil quality
The research is expected to deepen knowledge of how microbes react to climate conditions.
New technique may help scientists stave off coral reef collapse
University of Florida scientists have recreated the first stage of the coral skeleton creation process in a sea anemone.
Researchers trace the health of coral reefs through tiny organisms
A National Science Foundation grant is helping University of Miami students and faculty to investigate the health of coral reefs.