The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric ScienceThe Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami is one of the premier oceanographic research and education institutions in the world. As the only subtropical institute of its kind in the continental United States, its more than 100 Ph.D. faculty members, 190 graduate students, and more than 250 research support staff comprise the academic community. Through excellence in applied and basic marine and atmospheric research, the Rosenstiel School sheds light on today's most pressing environmental issues, including fisheries, oceans and human health, hurricane warnings, climate change, and coral reefs. Rosenstiel School researchers are among the leading voices heard on climate change science, remote sensing technology, ecosystem-based fisheries management, improved understanding of coastal and deep-sea ocean processes, and numeric modeling that is striving to fine-tune hurricane predictions from the tens of kilometers level down to just a single kilometer.
Leonard M. Miller School of MedicineScientists at the University of Miami are studying the presence of deadly neurotoxins in shark fins. The goal is to find a causal link to degenerative brain diseases which would raise awareness of the shark finning and lower the demand for the fins. A secondary goal is to create a shared specimen biorepository for use by other researchers for furture studies and independent confirmation.It is estimated that over 100 million sharks are killed each year, with roughly half of them solely caught and killed for their fins to be sold at consumer markets. |
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