USF Department of Geology

The coastal inlet was closed off in the 1980s, when Sarasota County agreed to pile up sand to protect two vulnerable beachfront homes. But hurricanes blew open the waterway this year.

The perfect storm of events led to the creation of a never-before-seen, naturally-occurring mineral.

When the Eyjafjallajökull volcano exploded in Iceland in 2010, the resulting ash cloud shut down air travel over Europe for around a week, stranding…

Geology 3311, “The Solid Earth,” is a required course for University of South Florida students pursuing an undergraduate degree in geology.This semester,…

Even though Matthew Pasek is an assistant professor of geology at the University of South Florida, he thinks he's figured out an interesting equation:…