The University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science is in the process of judging the entries from their annual Underwater Photography Contest. This year the contest includes a “Fan Favorite” category for users to vote online. Five photographs have been selected and voting will continue untill 11:59pm on Sunday April 8th. Vote [...]
Emily Tripp Senior Writer Sharks are among the most threatened marine species in the world due to unsustainable fishing practices. They are killed primarily for their fins that are used in the Asian delicacy, shark fin soup. A new study by University of Miami (UM) scientists, published in the journal Marine Drugs, has discovered high [...]
Emily Tripp Senior Writer A new study presents alarming assessments of economically important fish. Top global fisheries experts provided an analysis of 61 species of “scombrids” (tunas, bonitos, mackerels, swordfish and marlins and more) that classified seven of these species as threatened with extinction and four as “near threatened” for the ICUN Red List of [...]
Emily Tripp Senior Writer Shark populations have experienced a dramatic decrease in the last 50 years, primarily as a result of human disturbances. A recent article in Current Issues in Tourism by Austin J. Gallagher and Dr. Neil Hammerschlag of the R.J. Dunlap Marine Conservation Program at the University of Miami explains the impact of [...]
A recent study led by scientists from the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) provides new insight into the migratory patterns of the great hammerhead sharks. Using satellite tag technology, the research team was able to track one of these nomadic sharks for 62 days to discover its 1,200 kilometer (745 mile) [...]
A new study by scientists at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science provides a new way to estimate how much of the ocean’s pollution is raining down from the sky. These new findings can help improve scientific understanding of how toxic airborne chemicals, from industrial processes, are impacting the earth’s [...]
The University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science has launched a new “Oil Spill” web page http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/oil-spill/ designed to share the science being conducted at the Rosenstiel School that is relevant to the issues emerging from the incident on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform. Designed for use by teachers, students and [...]
The University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) announced this week that Dr. Roni Avissar, a distinguished atmospheric scientist and scholar, has joined the school as its new Dean.
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A new research presents convincing evidence that jellyfish overpopulation is associated with over-fishing and excess nutrients, a result of human activities.
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