To create a comprehensive inventory of marine species in Santa Catalina Island’s Blue Cavern Point nature preserve, USC scholars dived into kelp forests and came face-to-face with a great white shark.
Using a “kelp elevator,” researchers at the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies were able to grow the biofuel crop in large quantities in the open ocean.
USC scientists and their colleagues have developed a model that estimates two different ways microbes will respond to warming oceans.
Senior Connie Machuca studies corals and anemones to understand how they respond to rising temperatures, acidification and other ocean-related issues linked to climate change.
What USC researchers have uncovered about sea star locomotion could help scientists design simpler decentralized systems for all sorts of devices.
In oceans and lakes across the country, tiny organisms create big problems.
USC researchers have discovered that corals can pass on their reshuffled symbiotic algae, which may help their progeny withstand climate change.
Sharks aren’t just the apex predators we see in movies; they’re complicated, fascinating creatures that Trojans are investigating from many angles.
New research by USC scientists shows domoic acid from ocean algae is a chronic problem with natural and man-made origins.
USC grad student brings back dynamic data from one of the world’s most sophisticated research vessels, allowing scientists to grow organisms that have never been found in nature.
✌ Class of 2017: Her home state of Minnesota is about as far from the ocean as you can get, but her experiences at USC showed the sea was her true calling.
Environmental studies major caps her scientific career at USC Dornsife with a National Science Foundation-funded research project on a unique fish.
The sea urchin fossil found by a USC team had been buried in a rock formation that dates back nearly 270 million years.
USC researchers want to know more about the human tongue, and they travel to Japan for answers.
Part of the greenhouse will feature plants that grow without soil.
If not for those largely invisible microorganisms, you wouldn’t have great whites or hammerheads.
USC Dornsife marine biologist brought academics to life during a career that lasted more than 30 years.
Former participant in a USC Wrigley Institute program works for the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command.
Participants in the USC Scientific Diving program find academic and professional success while advancing their respective fields.
Alumnus John Monterubio manages ReefCam, a company that promotes marine conservation by showing the beauty of threatened coral reef systems.
Microbes may play an important role in the world’s carbon cycle.
A USC scientist digs up information on global climate change by studying oceanic ecosystems and bacteria.
With nearly $3 million in new funding, a USC team studies the San Pedro Basin ecosystem.