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Florida has seen the damage inland floods can cause, including the 2023 Fort Lauderdale and 2024 South Florida floods. U...
10/22/2026

Florida has seen the damage inland floods can cause, including the 2023 Fort Lauderdale and 2024 South Florida floods. Understanding why heavy rain leads to flooding is one step toward better forecasts.

Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf, Ph.D., of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, will join the Howard T. Odum Wetlands seminar via livestream on Oct. 28th to discuss how rainfall and soil moisture work together to shape flood events. He’ll also talk about what radar, satellite observations and other data can tell us and where uncertainty remains.

Watch the seminar live at 11:45 a.m. ET: https://www.youtube.com//streams

Pictured is Dr. Ahmadisharaf with members of his research team.

Seagrass beds, mangroves and salt marshes do important work along Florida’s coast. Learn about ways to make coastal ecos...
10/15/2026

Seagrass beds, mangroves and salt marshes do important work along Florida’s coast. Learn about ways to make coastal ecosystems more resilient with Andrew Altieri, Ph.D., associate professor and associate director of UF's Center for Coastal Solutions and the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, as he shares examples from his current research during a livestreamed seminar.

Seminar hosted by the UF Howard T. Odum Center for Coastal Solutions

When? Oct. 21, 2026
Time? 11:45 a.m. ET.
Where? Watch live on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com//streams

A full house on Marco Island showed just how much local interest there is in the health of residential canals.At the Can...
10/12/2026

A full house on Marco Island showed just how much local interest there is in the health of residential canals.

At the Canal Science Symposium, organized by the Coastal Habitat and Water Quality Initiative (C-HAWQ), researchers from and joined local experts and community members to discuss canal water quality, habitat and possible solutions. The 150-person venue filled up, and organizers set up an overflow location with a livestream.

Mauricio E. Arias of the University of South Florida and David Kaplan, associate director of the CCS and director of the Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands, spoke about nature-based solutions. UF’s Holden Earl Harris, PhD was also part of the program.

C-HAWQ is working to connect researchers with communities facing canal challenges.

We're glad to be part of that conversation and to see the symposium featured in a two-page spread in the Coastal Breeze.

Read more about this endeavor at https://www.coastalbreezenews.com/news/community/canal-science-symposium-addresses-water-quality-worries/article_b38841ff-349c-4fb0-9522-4cb6d982b972.html.

The Canal Science Symposium drew a crowd on Marco Island! All 150 seats filled, so organizers set up an overflow locatio...
10/12/2026

The Canal Science Symposium drew a crowd on Marco Island! All 150 seats filled, so organizers set up an overflow location with a livestream.

Mauricio E. Arias of the University of South Florida and David Kaplan, associate director of the CCS and director of the Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands, spoke about nature-based solutions. UF’s Holden Earl Harris, PhD was also part of the program.

C-HAWQ is working to connect researchers with communities facing canal challenges.

We're glad to be part of that conversation and to see the symposium featured in a two-page spread in the Coastal Breeze.

Read more about this endeavor at https://www.coastalbreezenews.com/news/community/canal-science-symposium-addresses-water-quality-worries/article_b38841ff-349c-4fb0-9522-4cb6d982b972.html.

Mud may look like a solid surface, but it doesn’t always hold your weight.Join Sophia Mercurio, Ph.D., of the UF Enginee...
10/08/2026

Mud may look like a solid surface, but it doesn’t always hold your weight.

Join Sophia Mercurio, Ph.D., of the UF Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment during the Howard T. Odum Wetlands Seminar, where she will discuss research conducted at a tidal flat in Cedar Key, Florida. She’ll share findings from sediment samples that offer clues about the mud’s strength and whether it can support people or vehicles without excessive sinking.

Oct. 14, 2026 at 11:45 a.m. ET
Watch on YouTube Live: https://www.youtube.com//streams

UF Doctoral Candidate Alexis "AJ" Jackson is exploring why some parts of wetlands store more carbon in soil than in othe...
10/01/2026

UF Doctoral Candidate Alexis "AJ" Jackson is exploring why some parts of wetlands store more carbon in soil than in others. She is exploring that variation through national data, field measurements in north-central Florida and modeling.

Join her for the Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands Seminar, where she will discuss her research titled “Connecting hydrologic patterns and vegetation composition to wetland carbon storage across different spatial and temporal scales.”

When? Oct. 7, 2026
Time? 11:45 a.m. ET
Where? YouTube Live at https://www.youtube.com//streams

PFAS are found in many places, such as in rivers and coastal foam, to food webs and indoor environments.Join John A. Bow...
09/24/2026

PFAS are found in many places, such as in rivers and coastal foam, to food webs and indoor environments.

Join John A. Bowden, Ph.D., associate professor at , to learn how his lab is tracking these persistent chemicals. He will share research from the southeastern United States and South Africa and explain some of the new tools his team is using to better understand where PFAS are found and how they move through the environment.

When: September 30, 2026
Time: 11:45 p.m. ET
Join live via YouTube at https://www.youtube.com//streams

For abstract and bio, visit https://cfw.essie.ufl.edu/2026/09/16/exploring-the-presence-of-pfas-in-both-our-natural-and-built-environments/

09/24/2026

CFW Director Dr. David Kaplan and Professor Dr. Mark Clark lead environmental engineering undergraduates on a tour of the SEEP, a beautiful human made wetland on the campus of the University of Florida. UF Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment- ESSIE

Follow the flow of water through the Tampa Bay region during the next UF Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands W3 Seminar.D...
09/17/2026

Follow the flow of water through the Tampa Bay region during the next UF Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands W3 Seminar.

David B. Lewis, Ph.D., of the University of South Florida will present “Ecohydrological Changes as Hallmarks of Urbanization in the Tampa Bay Region.”

The presentation will explore how urban growth and water-management practices affect wetlands, yards and stormwater ponds. Topics will include groundwater management, reclaimed water use and the accumulation of nitrate and plastics in stormwater ponds.

When: Wednesday, Sept. 23
Time: 11:45 a.m. ET
Watch live on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com//streams

News flash! 🚨 UF Coastal graduate student Nicholas Chin’s paper has been accepted for publication in the Harmful Algae...
09/14/2026

News flash! 🚨

UF Coastal graduate student Nicholas Chin’s paper has been accepted for publication in the Harmful Algae journal! The picture says it all, doesn't it?

The study uses machine learning to examine how environmental conditions correspond with different stages of red tide development in the Charlotte Harbor region. The researchers identified seven distinct states from no bloom and bloom initiation to expansion, contraction and termination and found that the environmental factors associated with red tide varied substantially among those states. During severe bloom years, bloom initiation and expansion were strongly associated with elevated Caloosahatchee River discharge, warmer temperatures, Peace River flow and the position of the Loop Current.

The framework could eventually contribute to more context-aware bloom forecasting and adaptive water-management decisions. However, the study identifies associations rather than establishing causation.

Congratulations to authors Nicholas Chin, David Kaplan, Ronald Fick, Enrique Orozco-Lopez and Christine Angelini!

Their paper, “Identifying the state dependent drivers associated with Florida red tide (Karenia brevis) initiation, proliferation, and termination,” is expected to be published online soon.

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