Highlights

Our expertise spans a range of topics and we frequently engage the public through numerous media outlets and various community outreach venues. Our work is chronicled through photos and videos, which can be accessed below.

Photos & Videos

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Feb
13

$3 million grant funds study of Colombian river contamination, effects on locals

One of the largest rivers in Latin America, the Atrato River in Colombia has been tainted by decades of illegal [...]

Oct
08

Monitoring buoy deployed to test water quality near Haulover Inlet

Scientists have deployed a research buoy near FIU’s Biscayne Bay Campus to monitor conditions in light of the recent red [...]

Jul
10

FIU, Italian university partner to tackle water problems

FIU and the Universita per Stranieri di Perugia in Italy are formalizing collaborative efforts to address global water and environmental [...]

May
31

May 2017 in photos: Yoga turtle, commencement, study abroad

By Joel Delgado ’12, MS ’17 May marks the beginning of summer at FIU. We celebrated with the thousands of students [...]

May
24

Scientists develop new tool to assess oil spills

Scientists are getting an entirely new perspective of what happens to oil in a spill, thanks to a tool developed [...]

Jul
11

FIU experts on toxic algae

A massive bloom of blue-green algae has hit four counties in Florida covering beaches along the Atlantic coast, damaging aquatic [...]

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Selected Photos & Videos

This video shows the first deployment of the CREST CAChE buoy which monitors water quality and serves as an early alert system for harmful algal blooms.

Students take a look at marine animals while visiting Rookery Bay during a field trip with the CREST REU program.

Students put on their "citizen scientist" hats to understand the urban flooding in the Miami community.

News Article lists CREST CAChE as one of the groups that helped researchers in Puerto Rico continue their work while recovering from Hurricane Maria

Calendar

Mar 19, 2019: CREST CAChE All Hands Meeting at GC - Graham University Center

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