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Model from ±«Óãtv researchers forecasts fate of Piney Point wastewater

A computer model initially developed by the ±«Óãtv College of Marine Science to track red tide and ocean currents has quickly been adapted and is now being used to support the efforts to understand the transport, transformation and fate of contaminants in wastewater released into Tampa Bay from the retired Piney Point fertilizer plant (±«Óãtv Newsroom).

April 14, 2021Research

As the Piney Point spill shows, health of the bay is key to the regional economy (Tampa Bay Times / paywall).

April 14, 2021Research

Some patients have received the vaccine and had symptoms lessen or completely disappear, but not enough data has been provided to definitively link the two (WTSP).

April 13, 2021Health, Research

The researchers will attempt to enroll 3,400 participants between the ages of 18 and 69 (Tampa Bay Times).

April 13, 2021Health, Research

±«Óãtv St. Petersburg received more than $20 million for its research projects in the last year, more than double the outside funding it received the year prior (Tampa Bay Business Journal / paywall).

April 12, 2021Research

The ±«Óãtv is one of only two sites in the state taking part in a National Institutes of Health study on whether people who are highly allergic or have a mast cell disorder are more likely to have allergic reactions to the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines (Bay News 9).

April 10, 2021Health, Research

A team of scientists from the ±«Óãtv College of Marine Science on Wednesday took a vessel into Tampa Bay to study the area and bring back water samples (WJCT).

April 9, 2021Research

±«Óãtv Response to Piney Point Spill

A team from the ±«Óãtv College of Marine Science embarked on the first research cruise in Tampa Bay on April 7, 2021 to study the environmental impacts of the breach at Piney Point that started in March. Piney Point is a retired fertilizer processing plant in Manatee County, Florida (College of Marine Science).

April 8, 2021Research

±«Óãtv archaeologists examine ancient response to climate change in Tampa Bay

±«Óãtv archaeologists are examining two key sites along Tampa Bay’s shores to better understand the climate conditions that might have caused conflict over food resources among Native American societies. By using several archaeological methods, scientists are able to see a shift in how these estuaries were defended between 600 and 900 AD (±«Óãtv Newsroom).

April 7, 2021Research

Included in the series of bills is the creation of a "flood-hub" for research and innovation at the ±«Óãtv's St. Petersburg campus (10 Tampa Bay).

April 7, 2021Research

A team of scientists from ±«Óãtv launched a research cruise into Tampa Bay at 8 a.m. to study Piney Point's environmental impact (10 Tampa Bay).

April 7, 2021Research

Scientists from the ±«Óãtv set off on a research boat Wednesday to begin studying how the wastewater will affect the bay (Tampa Bay Times).

April 7, 2021Research