South Florida is an epicenter of ocean tourism and the blue economy—and that places NSU at the forefront of research to protect our ever-changing seas. The university’s dedicated scientists and collaborative partners are conserving marine life, restoring our oceans’ health, and preserving our world-renowned coastline for the future. • The Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center led the DEEPEND program, a consortium of universities that created a framework for biodiversity protection in U.S. waters. • NSU researchers, in coordination with the Save Our Seas Foundation, tracked an adult female silky shark for more than 17,000 miles during a two-year journey. Tracking the shark’s migratory pattern will help researchers better understand how to combat the declining population of certain species. • NSU researchers are boosting the survival rate of newly transplanted coral from less than 40 percent to more than 90 percent. This groundbreaking work is made possible by the Coral Fort, an innovative, biodegradable cage built, in part, with drinking straws—a predatorproof material designed at the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center. NSU Leads with Ocean Sustainability Protecting Our Marine Ecosystems 17 shark species tagged by NSU researchers 30+ years of saving sea turtles with the Broward County Sea Turtle Conservation Program 5 research centers and institutes saving the seas ix
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