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Our Coastal Environment - Perspective from the District

The Tampa Bay Estuary Program has published their State of the Bay report. The report finds that while water quality continues to improve alongside increasing public engagement towards environmental issues, researchers remain concerned about conditions in Old Tampa Bay.  To learn more click here.

A cross-disciplinary team of scientists with members from the USF College of Marine Science are trying to figure out where phytoplankton gets its food.  What might seem as a simple question has been vexing chemists who study the ocean for decades.  The answer can have multiple impacts.  To learn more click here.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC) investigates alterations to coastal and marine environments and the implications of these for natural hazards, resource sustainability, and environmental change.  All happening at a building you probably pass and didn't notice.  To learn more click here.

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