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 […]

This analysis briefly describes the amendments to boating law introduced by the bills SB 1946 and 1086 and provides some context. By Tom Ankersen and Colson Douglas.

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 […]

CCS’s summer student interns, Savannah Peltrau (B.S., Environmental Sciences) and Colson Douglas (J.D. Candidate, Law) are teaming up to support a project with Florida Sea Grant under a contract with the West Coast Inland Navigation District (WCIND) to update the District’s five year strategic plan.

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.

Check out this news video and article featuring CompCON and the CCS and Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation partnership:   Original article by Jessica Halpern at Fox4-WFTX: Local experts to collaborate with University of Florida to protect paradise The University of Florida plans to use Southwest Florida water to do advanced research that will help address […]

We are excited to announced that we have hired Matthew DePaolis as the Florida Sea Grant/Center for Coastal Solutions Coastal Policy Analyst Fellow for the 2021/2022 academic year.

Piney Point rapid response research is underway thanks to our partnership with Ocean Conservancy, Florida Sea Grant, and the Tampa Bay and Sarasota Bay Estuary Programs Check out this news video and article featuring our Director Dr. Christine Angelini. Excerpt from CBS article “Researchers Launch ‘Rapid-Response Team’ To Track Environmental Impacts Of Piney Point Leak” […]

Professor Tom Ankersen, CCS Affiliate Faculty and Director of the UF Conservation Clinic, wrote a fantastic article, Water as Freedom: Fluid Freedom, for the latest issue of Florida Humanities FORUM Magazine: Written in Water. Check it out!

CCS collaborates with Ocean Conservancy to track ecological effects of Piney Point reservoir leak into Tampa Bay. The first samples are now in hand.

Center for Coastal Solutions and Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation have entered into a strategic collaboration to address coastal water quality hazards.

Identifying the effects of chronic saltwater intrusion in coastal floodplain swamps using remote sensing

UF Center for Coastal Solutions and Florida Sea Grant announce a new 12-month coastal policy analyst opportunity to advance the development and implementation of science-based coastal policy in Florida.

UF Water Institute Distinguished Faculty Fellow Seminar

Yale Climate Connections radio story airing featuring Christine Angelini: “A burrowing crab is speeding destruction of coastal salt marshes”

The FDEP Florida Resilient Coastlines Quarterly Webinar will be livestreamed at 9am EST. Please click the headline above to reach the registration link.

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