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Ankersen’s Passion for Coastal Conservation Makes Him a Champion

Congratulations to UF Emeritus Professor Tom Ankersen on winning the 2022 Nature Coast Champion Award from the IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station (NCBS) in December. The award recognizes his extensive work in supporting the conservation, restoration and management, protection of… Read More

Coastal Solution Center Celebrates Advances in Tackling Coastal Hazards

A supercomputer that can predict climate change, natural infrastructure that slows flooding in coastal areas, and a highly maneuverable robotic fish for monitoring coastal waters were among the innovations shared by scientists and engineers at a summit hosted by the… Read More

SCCF, UF Assess Water Quality Impacts of Hurricane Ian

Two days after Hurricane Ian slammed into the Southwest Florida coast as a near Category 5 storm, SCCF Marine Lab Director Eric Milbrandt, Ph.D., began to mobilize a coordinated effort to assess water quality impacts.

“I reached out to our colleagues at University of Florida’s Center for Coastal Solutions (UF-CSS) who we’ve been working with on a current harmful algae bloom research project funded by EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,” said Milbrandt. “After seeing the devastation of the causeway and the islands, I knew that our routine monthly sampling from Lake Okeechobee to the Gulf of Mexico would not be possible with SCCF equipment.”

What did Ian do to Sanibel’s water, wildlife? Conservation foundation aims to find out

Even if you manage to tune out the constant media coverage of Hurricane Ian’s toll on human lives and property on Sanibel, the sensory reminders are everywhere: chainsaw whine, shattered homes, boarded stores, muck stink on the breeze.
But what about nature?

University of Florida Partners with SAS to Tackle Water Quality Challenges with Analytics

The University of Florida’s Center for Coastal Solutions, or CCS, and the SAS Institute, a global leader in data analytics software, are joining forces to study the factors that influence water quality and the connections between water quality and economic activity in southwest Florida.

New WATERSHED series launches with article on CCS red tide research

New WATERSHED series investigating water quality and marking the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act launches with an article focusing on collaborative red tide research by CCS and the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation.

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  • CCS Researchers Present at RAE Summit for Coastal and Estuarine Restoration

    February 2, 2023

    Five researchers from CCS were among more than 1,000 coastal restoration professionals, policy makers, and regulators who attended the 2022 RAE Coastal & Estuarine Summit in New Orleans in December to network and share insights for navigating and pursuing new,… Read More

  • New Wave: CCS Develops Strategy for Translating its Vision to Reality

    CCS kicked off the new year with a two-day participatory strategic planning retreat to envision our future and map out how we are going to get there over the next three years.   Sharon Ryan, CCS associate director of strategy and… Read More

  • CCS Welcomes New Administrative Support Assistant Stacey Dolan

    February 1, 2023

    CCS warmly welcomes Stacey Dolan as our new administrative support assistant. Dolan will play a vital role in helping the CCS run smoothly on a day-to-day basis by supporting our leadership team, and special events. Stacey’s background is a unique… Read More

  • Assistant Professor Andrew Altieri to Lead CCS Field Operations and Graduate Initiatives

    CCS welcomes Andrew Altieri, Ph.D., as associate director. Altieri, who’s been involved in CCS projects for several years, will oversee the many moving parts and logistics of field operations, which are instrumental to the implementation and success of the Center’s 15… Read More

  • Ankersen’s Passion for Coastal Conservation Makes Him a Champion

    Congratulations to UF Emeritus Professor Tom Ankersen on winning the 2022 Nature Coast Champion Award from the IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station (NCBS) in December. The award recognizes his extensive work in supporting the conservation, restoration and management, protection of… Read More

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  • Researchers Awarded $2.5 Million to Expand Harmful Algal Bloom Research Along Florida Coasts

    January 11, 2023

    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

  • New WATERSHED series launches with article on CCS red tide research

    August 5, 2022

    New WATERSHED series investigating water quality and marking the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act launches with an article focusing on collaborative red tide research by CCS and the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation.

  • Link between human activity and red tide confirmed by new study

    May 10, 2022

  • UF study: Human activity provides nutrients for longer, stronger red tides

    April 22, 2022

  • Humans make red tide worse, nitrogen flows ‘systematically intensify blooms’ study says

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