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Inaugural “Ocean Kids” Teaches Conservation, Appreciation

F.I.N.SEA Foundation, the UM Rosenstiel School, and the Marine and Atmospheric Science Honor Society Rho Rho Rho will host the first annual Ocean Kids on Nov. 22 from 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. on UM’s Coral Gables campus. One hundred students from Dunbar and Holmes Elementary Schools in northwest Miami will enjoy marine science adventures, while learning about conservation and the ocean. Read more…

Brian Soden
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Contrasting Hurricane Theories Heat Up

In a paper published in the journal Science on October 31, Gabriel A. Vecchi of NOAA/GFDL, Kyle L. Swanson of the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and Brian J. Soden from UM’s Rosenstiel School teamed up to study hurricane data observed over +50 years. They explore the relationship between sea surface temperature and seasonal hurricane activity, and show that differing hypotheses of the observational record can imply vastly different futures for Atlantic hurricane activity due to global warming. Read more…