There was a radical coevolution of science, policy and industry in 1973, the year the Center for Wetlands was founded by H.T. Odum. What began as a project to assess the use of wetlands in recycling wastewater has evolved into… Read More
Month: April 2023
Researchers awarded $2.5 million to expand harmful algal bloom research along Florida coasts
A team of 11 professional researchers and scientists from the University of South Florida (USF), University of Florida (UF), and South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) were awarded a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to… Read More
Student Calvin Kang Awarded Best Poster Presentation
Congrats to our student Yiyang Kang for receiving the best poster presentation award at the 2023 SNRE Research Symposium! Kang explored the connection between mangrove vegetation structure and soil organic carbon across a tropical-temperate transition zone. His research found that as the winter temperatures… Read More
Student Nick Chin Earns Spring 2023 Water Institute Travel Award
Congratulations to our student Nick Chin for receiving the Spring 2023 Water Institute Travel Award from UF Water Institute! The travel award will support Nick in presenting his research in connecting red tide bloom timing and severity to environmental conditions… Read More
Sharmin Siddiqui Successfully Defends PhD
Congratulations to Sharmin Siddiqui, who successfully defended her doctoral thesis in March! Dr. Siddiqui’s work focuses on how human activities and infrastructure impact riverine ecosystems, specifically quantifying the effects of landscape disturbance on ecosystem response and resilience in the Amazon… Read More
Economic impacts of Florida red tide: Known knowns and known unknowns after 3 years of investigation
Christa Court, Assistant Professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida Join us for the livestream April 19th, 11:45am ET: https://youtube.com/live/Uhq_1gTv-2s?feature=share (Please visit our YouTube channel main page for the stream if there are any issues with the direct link.)… Read More
Biogeochemical signals of climate change in tropical streams and temperate coastal wetlands
Marcelo Ardón, Associate Professor, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University Join us for the live stream April 12th, 11:45am EST: https://youtube.com/live/Uhq_1gTv-2s?feature=share (Please visit our YouTube channel main page for the stream if there are any issues with the… Read More
Cascading feedbacks arising from coastal management
Katherine Anarde, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University Join us for the live stream April 5th, 11:45am EST: https://youtube.com/live/mWxHZRHtydc?feature=share (Please visit our YouTube channel main page for the stream if there are any issues with… Read More