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Corals during 2023 mass bleaching event.

USF’s Keys Marine Laboratory prepares for historic El Niño threat to Florida’s Coral Reef

Record-breaking ocean temperatures triggered the most severe coral bleaching ever documented three summers ago. Now with an intense El Nino expected that could fuel exceptionally warm waters, USF researchers are taking action to ensure unprecedented impacts aren't repeated.

July 7, 2026Campus News, Research and Innovation

A Spanish artillery strike ignites a British powder magazine in Pensacola in 1781.

Not one of the original 13 colonies, how Florida helped shape the American Revolution

As the 13 colonies declared independence, Florida remained a British territory. But historian Erin Mauldin details how the state’s story impacted the outcome of the American Revolution.

June 29, 2026Research and Innovation

A pelagic octopus eats a bright red jellyfish at 800 meters below the surface.

In the ocean’s dark middle, a USF scientist helped reveal 31 new species

Marine scientist Heather Judkins joined an expedition off Brazil’s coast that used advanced technology to study fragile life in the ocean’s least-explored habitat.

July 7, 2026Research and Innovation

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