Environment

Join us as we work toward a better world and make discoveries that will transform our tomorrow.

Our location makes us ground zero for the biggest issues facing our natural environment. And with strategic, dedicated environmental initiatives, we’re well poised to solve global issues right here on the Atlantic coast. But we can’t do it without you.

Built the world's

ocean energy turbines for offshore testing

FAU scientists were the

to successfully repopulate a damaged coral reef, with sea fans that were raised in captivity

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Gift from Wayne and Lucretia Weiner Expands Educational Opportunities for Students in the Environmental Sciences

Florida Atlantic University’s School of Environmental, Coastal, and Ocean Sustainability (ECOS) received a significant gift from Wayne and Lucretia Weiner to enhance environmental science programming. The support will establish new student scholarships, internships, and research fellowships to help build the next generation of environmental scientists, leaders, and problem solvers addressing conservation and sustainability efforts.

Founded in 2023 to foster environmental research and education across the University, ECOS is a partnership between the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and Florida Atlantic’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute.

The funding is supporting 22 undergraduate scholarships, 20 paid internships, and 10 research stipends. Scholarships are open to students of all majors with financial need. The gift will also support education and work experience through the Semester by the Sea program at Florida Atlantic’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute and the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program, as well as community outreach and engagement activities.

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Improving human health.

From discovering cures to preventing illnesses, our research is exploring the ways that natural resources can elevate our well-being and uncover the impacts that changing environmental conditions have on our health.

Protecting our ecosystems and our economy.

Whether it’s finding more efficient ways to clean up oil spills or making earlier predictions of catastrophic weather events that can destroy lives and livelihoods, we’re finding innovative solutions for the ever-growing challenges facing our state.

Exploring the depths.

With a sustained focus on environmental research, we can address climate change, conserve our environment, and protect this planet we all call home.