01/13/2025
While microplastics are rapidly becoming a major issue, Schmidt College of Science faculty and students are working to understand their abundance and distribution across South Florida’s coastlines – both important steps...
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.
Join the Florida Atlantic School of Environmental, Coastal, and Ocean Sustainability (ECOS)
Our expert faculty and scientists both in the Schmidt College of Science and FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute are forging a path that leads to a resilient future, both with research and through training the next generation of scientists, problem solvers, and policymakers.
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
01/06/2025
Drastic flooding from King Tides in recent years has given many South Floridians a glimpse of what the future could look like as sea levels continue to rise. Learn how the Schmidt College of Science is working to educate...
12/17/2024
Although there aren’t any sharks in Colorado where alumna Mikki McComb-Kobza, Ph.D. ’09, now resides, that doesn’t stop her from sharing her elasmo-enthusiasm through the nonprofit organization she helped co-found,...
12/10/2024
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...
