04/28/2025
More than 80 people from the Schmidt College of Science and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute’s ECOS came together for the first-ever retreat and student poster competition.
The Florida Atlantic University (FAU) School of Environmental, Coastal, and Ocean Sustainability (ECOS) is a partnership between the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI). This multidisciplinary and multi-unit initiative serves as the driver for diverse academic and research entities to create a comprehensive environmental hub at FAU. ECOS leverages each group's outside partners, including many government agencies and educational institutions, combining the full breadth of partnerships with the University’s teaching, research and outreach mission to enhance opportunities and bring forth the collective environmental capabilities of FAU.
ECOS serves as an umbrella for numerous academic offerings in departments and interdisciplinary program areas that provide advanced bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and certificate programs.
WLW Environment and Student Success Emergency Student Support
Florida Atlantic University's School of Environmental, Coastal, and Ocean Sustainability offers emergency aid options to enrolled undergraduate and graduate students experiencing emergency or crisis situations.
How Does a Shark Move and Behave in the Wild? Master's Student Genevieve Sylvester is Investigating
Meet M.S. in Marine Science and Oceanography student Genevieve Sylvester, who is studying shark behavior and kinematics. Genevieve builds animal-borne logger cameras that help us better understand the swimming movements and behavior of sharks in the wild. Learn more about our environmental degree programs.
Spotlight Stories
How Science, Conservation, and Education Are Thriving at the Riverwoods Field Lab
Located in the Kissimmee River Basin, Riverwoods was established in 1995 to provide a physical base, as well as support for the extensive research and educational activities related to the restoration of the Kissimmee River project – and the Riverwoods Field Laboratory (Riverwoods)
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Florida Atlantic University Receives Significant Gift to Support the Next Generation of Environmental Stewards
The 22 undergraduate scholarships that the gift establishes are open to all majors at Florida Atlantic for students with financial need and strong interest in environmental science. Four additional scholarships are earmarked for students wanting to participate in Florida Atlantic’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Semester by the Sea program.
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We invite faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students from any organizational unit within FAU to become an affiliate member of the School.
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NEWS
04/23/2025
The Invading Sea’s Florida Climate Survey also found that most Floridians – 54% – are worried about being able to afford and maintain homeowners insurance due to climate change.
04/18/2025
Jennifer Chastant, Ph.D. '16, M.S. '15, has been hooked on saving waterways since she was a student. Learn how she is safeguarding this unique natural resource in South Florida.
04/10/2025
In an unprecedented underwater encounter, a nurse shark equipped with a camera tag had a “shark’s eye view” of a great white shark off the coast of Boynton Beach. This stunning find has delighted marine biologists from...
