Category: News

Florida Sea Grant’s Nature Coast Regional Specialized Agent Dr. Savanna Barry and affiliate Dr. Mark Clark (UF IFAS, Soil and Water Science) are spearheading a project in the St. Martins Marsh Aquatic Preserve on Florida’s Nature Coast to employ drone technology to map and measure seagrass scarring in the Preserve.

The University of Florida Center for Coastal Solutions is collaborating with the GTM Research Reserve, City of St. Augustine, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Wood Engineering on a National Fish and Wildlife Federation grant. The project “Designing Innovative Saltmarsh Restoration and Protecting Coastal Community Infrastructure” will assess the potential of saltmarsh resilience implementation techniques […]

In a new paper in the Journal of Environmental Management, CCS affiliates Drs. John Jaeger, Mark Clark, Director Christine Angelini, and partners from across sectors in the entire region identify the greatest contemporary threats to coastal wetlands and oyster reefs across the southeastern United States (Mississippi to North Carolina), by summarizing recent population growth and […]

Dr. Zhe Jiang is joining UF in August of 2021 as an Assistant Professor in Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), and affiliated with the Center for Coastal Solutions as part of the cluster hire for Artificial Intelligence in Coastal Systems. His broad research areas include artificial intelligence, data mining, and machine learning, with […]

On June 24, 2021, Dr. Todd S. Bridges, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Senior Research Scientist & National Lead of Engineering With Nature® gave testimony to the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Environment and Public Works during a hearing entitled “The Role of Natural and Nature-Based Features in Water Resources Projects.” The hearing was devoted […]

State Policy Update by Thomas T. Ankersen, University of Florida College of Law & Florida Sea Grant Restoration aquaculture is poised by play a significant role in support of nature-based resiliency and in mediating water quality hazards.  Recognizing this potential, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Aquaculture (FDACS) has amended Florida […]

Dr. Miles Medina joined the Center for Coastal Solutions as a postdoctoral research fellow in April 2021. Along with Center Director Christine Angelini and Center-affiliated faculty, he is investigating the spatiotemporal dynamics and drivers of coastal algae blooms and related water quality impairments in Florida—in particular, red tide blooms in the Charlotte Harbor Estuary and […]

The University of Florida’s Center for Coastal Solutions (CCS) and SAS Institute (SAS) entered a strategic partnership to develop tools, training programs, curriculum and research that will continue to trailblaze around the UF AI initiative and the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. The partnership began in January to integrate the center’s cutting-edge research and SAS’ […]

Hallie Fischman is an Environmental Engineering Sciences PhD student in the Angelini Ecology Lab studying the restoration of coastal ecosystems. She is currently researching how facilitation and mutualistic interactions can improve coastal restoration. Hallie’s been busy in the field recently, planting dune grasses as part of a restoration study, and she took a break from […]

Summary of bills and budget allocations passed during the 2021 legislative session of relevance to coastal stakeholders.