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Meteorology is about so much more than the person who tells you the weather on the news every day. From weather reporting to storm chasing, to climate mapping to climate change, meteorology encompasses a wide variety of issues relating to the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena. The meteorologists here at Florida Tech are very passionate and it’s easy…

A popular area of Marine and Environmental Systems is oceanography. All of our oceanography field projects students this year were majoring in biological oceanography, which is not the same as marine biology. The primary difference is, instead of focusing primarily on the organisms, biological oceanographers study the effects of processes on marine organisms. One of our biological oceanography undergrads is the…

Environmental science is the study of the interactions between organisms and their environment and ecosystem health. It uses a mixture of chemistry, biology and physics to solve environmental issues. Environmental science as a major is a lot of fun because it’s very versatile — you can work in the field, in the office; you have your choice of subdisciplines — chemistry, biology,…

Above: DMES seniors Alex Nickerson and Kaikea Nakachi look out at the approaching storm while on the Field Projects research cruise. Toward the end of Department of Marine and Environmental Systems (DMES) students’ academic career, in the summer between their junior and senior years, they usually have to complete their Field Projects course. The projects start in May, a week after…

It’s Brooke and Ashley here. The title isn’t a misspelling; rather, it’s the Japanese expression for spirit coordination, sometimes manifested as a shout. If you’re ever in the Clemente Center on campus between 6 and 8 p.m., Tuesdays or Thursdays, you’ll hear quite a bit of this shouting, emanating from Florida Tech’s martial arts training. We wanted to write about…

Sustainable tourism is not a new brand of thinking regarding tourism and travel, but it is one that is really – finally – starting to take off. I think Jamie Lisse from USA Today describes it best when she says “sustainable tourism is the concept of visiting a place as a tourist and trying only to make a positive impact…

Being a native of Florida, there has been little opportunity or reason for me to get into sports such as ice hockey. Ice and snow are not things we generally have here. While we do have some ice hockey teams here in Florida, it is still fairly uncommon to find many people who truly follow the sport. Until I came…

The Space Coast has so much to offer visitors. While some of the things are a little farther than just the Melbourne area nearest to Florida Tech, there are many places to visit, foods you can try and places to shop. So, take it from a native – these are some of the coolest things to do in and around…

“Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling…

For some, picking a major is easy. You may already know what you want to do. For others, picking a major can be confusing and frustrating. It can be difficult trying to figure out what you might want to do. Here are some pointers to helping you pick a major. Write down what interests you. This means absolutely anything and…