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Florida scientists have identified heat-tolerant algal symbionts as a vital intervention to protect endangered elkhorn coral. Their cross-institutional collaboration offers new hope for reef restoration and resilience amid rising ocean temperatures.

http://news.miami.edu/rosenstiel/stories/2025/05/heat-tolerant-symbionts-a-critical-key-to-protecting-floridas-elkhorn-coral-from-bleaching-during-marine-heatwaves.html



Marine Biology and Ecology

Miami Community ResilientSea Project launches to strengthen coastal resilience and empower communities

http://news.miami.edu/rosenstiel/stories/2025/05/miami-community-resilientsea-project-launches-to-strengthen-coastal-resilience-and-empower-communities.html


Environmental Science and Policy

New framework redefines how we understand and manage chronic heat

A new study suggests a shift in how we define extreme heat, focusing on chronic, everyday exposure that endangers billions around the world.

http://news.miami.edu/rosenstiel/stories/2025/05/new-framework-redefines-how-we-understand-and-manage-chronic-heat.html






Driven by discovery: Rosenstiel grad embarks on her next chapter to pursue a Master’s in Remote Sensing

http://news.miami.edu/rosenstiel/stories/2025/04/driven-by-discovery-hannah-heath-embarks-on-her-next-chapter-to-pursue-a-masters-in-remote-sensing.html




Ocean Sciences

Innovative research provides further insights into how ocean waves form

Findings pave the way for improving wave forecasts, helping coastal communities become more resilient as they prepare for floods and storm surge.

http://news.miami.edu/rosenstiel/stories/2025/04/innovative-research-provides-further-insights-into-how-ocean-waves-form.html



CIMAS

Coral diseases and water quality play a key role for coral restoration and survival efforts

Coral restoration programs are expanding to revive coral populations and ecosystem services, but local and global stressors such as coral disease and water pollution still threaten coral survival.

http://news.miami.edu/rosenstiel/stories/2025/03/coral-diseases-and-water-quality-play-a-key-role-for-coral-restoration-and-survival-efforts.html



CIMAS

New study reveals shift in subtropical North Atlantic Ocean over the next decade  

Findings reveal long-term cooling and freshening of the deep subtropical North Atlantic Ocean, with hints of major shifts to come over the next decade

http://news.miami.edu/rosenstiel/stories/2025/03/new-study-reveals-shift-in-subtropical-north-atlantic-ocean-over-the-next-decade.html


El Niño inspires a young man’s passion for science

Benjamin Kirtman, professor at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, is this year’s recipient of the Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award for his scholarly research and contributions to the natural sciences.

https://news.miami.edu/stories/2025/03/el-nino-inspires-a-young-mans-passion-for-science.html


Environmental Science and Policy

Ecosystem disrupted following the disappearance of Great white sharks, new study finds

Known for their powerful ability to launch out of the water in pursuit of prey, the loss of Great white sharks from False Bay in South Africa has scientists and conservationists concerned about the rippling effects on the ecosystem.

http://news.miami.edu/rosenstiel/stories/2025/03/ecosystem-disrupted-following-the-disappearance-of-great-white-sharks-new-study-finds.html



Environmental Science and Policy

New study sheds light on risks from residential heat and energy burdens in Miami

Many residents in Miami-Dade County and across the country face the dual challenge of dangerously hot homes and unaffordable cooling costs, which together drive-up intensifying risks to household health and well-being.

http://news.miami.edu/rosenstiel/stories/2025/03/new-study-sheds-light-on-risks-from-residential-heat-and-energy-burdens-in-miami.html


Atmospheric Sciences

University of Miami professor elected fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS)

Sharan Majumdar is a professor of atmospheric sciences who is renowned for his hurricane research that enhances the AMS mission of benefiting society.  

http://news.miami.edu/rosenstiel/stories/2025/03/university-of-miami-professor-elected-fellow-of-the-american-meteorological-society.html


Marine Geosciences

Study reveals Arabia's rainfall was five times more extreme 400 years ago

As the Middle East rapidly urbanizes, wide variability of Late Holocene rains should be considered in flash flood preparedness and future hydroclimate trajectories.

http://news.miami.edu/rosenstiel/stories/2025/02/study-reveals-arabias-rainfall-was-five-times-more-extreme-400-years-ago.html



Ocean Sciences

R/V F.G. Walton Smith celebrates 25 years of ocean research and education

http://news.miami.edu/rosenstiel/stories/2025/02/rv-f-g-walton-smith-celebrates-25-years-of-ocean-research-and-education.html


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New framework redefines how we understand and manage chronic heat. Findings published last week in @IOPenvironment https://t.co/9AjolNeGM0

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We kick off our 2025 Sea Secrets Lecture Series on January 14, with @dr_catmac Catherine Macdonald, Ph.D., director of @sharktagging @MiamiRosenstiel Join us in person or online register: https://t.co/0CJPHfutNb https://t.co/PpdkDkyxXd

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miamirosenstiel - May 12
New framework redefines how we understand and manage chronic heat. Findings published last week in @IOPenvironment https://t.co/9AjolNeGM0

miamirosenstiel - Jan 08
We kick off our 2025 Sea Secrets Lecture Series on January 14, with @dr_catmac Catherine Macdonald, Ph.D., director of @sharktagging @MiamiRosenstiel Join us in person or online register: https://t.co/0CJPHfutNb https://t.co/PpdkDkyxXd

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