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SUSTAIN Laboratory & Associated Projects

2026

leora wilson

Protecting Coastlines and People

NEWS@TheU

Scientists are studying how mangroves protect shorelines from storm surge and flooding by dissipating wave energy....

June 1, 2026
Skylar Spinler

What destroys homes during a hurricane? University of Miami Researchers are finding out

Channel 5 WPTV

SUSTAIN Laboratory are studying...

June 1, 2026
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Dutch royals visit the Rosenstiel School

NEWS@TheU

Diverse wind-wave tank can simulate Category 5 hurricane conditions...

April 15, 2026
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Forces of Nature: The Great Miami Brainstorm of 2126

O, Miami

Engage participants in climate narratives from Miami’s past, present, and future...

April 11, 2026
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Engineering Tomorrow

CBS

SEAHIVE Project highlighted in The Visioneers with Zay Harding, Season 2, Episode 12

February 7, 2026

2025

seahive barge

How beehives have inspired new coastal defences in Miami

RE:TV

SEAHIVE's modular design serves a dual purpose: it dissipates the power of waves during dangerous weather and allows...

September, 2025
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How a lab recreates hurricane storm surge to protect coastal communities

Click2Houston.com

Researchers in Florida can recreate storm surge from a Category 5 hurricane.

June 9, 2025

2024

peisen tan

Making Waves: Miami doctoral student conducts cutting-edge research on air-sea interactions

The Invading Sea: Florida and the Climate Crisis

Protect coastal communitites...

June 26, 2024
seahive

Signs of hope for South Florida’s waters: A seagrass comeback, fighting storm surge and more

SunSentinel

Army Corps of Engineers needs proof that these things actually make...

June 24, 2024
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Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. SUrge STructure Atmosphere Interaction Laboratory (SUSTAIN)

Rosenstiel School

Showcasing pitot tubes, irgason, and a few new prototypes...

June 11, 2024
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These scientists built the world's most powerful hurricane simulation tank

World Economic Forum

The world's most powerful wind-wave...

June 4, 2024
sustain

10 years of sustained growth

Rosenstiel School News

During its decade-long existence, Rosenstiel School’s 75-foot-long hurricane simulator....

June 1, 2024

2023

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ECoREEF - Engineering Coastal Resilience Through Hybrid Reef Restoration.

Rosenstiel School News

Two-year ECoREEF project is designed to protect coastal communities from ocean waves, increased flooding, and storm...

March 30, 2023
seahive

University of Miami researchers submerge hybrid reef structures off Miami Beach

Rosenstiel School News

The 18-foot-long structures, including fascinating honeycomb-shaped tubes, are part of an effort by University of ...

March 3, 2023
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Students a primary part of $6.74 million experiment

Rosenstiel School News

Students at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science are working side-by-side with scientists and researchers on a U.S. Navy...

February 3, 2023
tedxmiami

Build The Wall

TEDxMiami

Walls are often seen as dividing, especially sea walls which elicit strong reactions from local communities. But what if sea walls, in combination with nature-based solutions show promise...

July 27, 2023
tedxboston

Green/Gray Infrastructure: Redefining Cities

TEDxBoston

Since 1980, the U.S. has sustained 332 weather and climate disasters. The total damages/costs from these disasters surpass $2.2 trillion...

January 27, 2023

2022

seahive

Simulating a Hurricane

CBS 60 Minutes

The wind-and-wave simulator at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School can generate the equivalent of a category five hurricane, enabling researchers to test how well different...

September 26, 2022
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A Ferocious Cyclone, Hurricane Andrew Helped Launch a New Era of Storm Research

Rosenstiel School News

Thirty years after Hurricane Andrew devastated southern Miami-Dade County, powerful supercomputers...

August 23, 2022
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University of Miami Rosenstiel School selected for National ‘Reefense’ initiative focusing on Florida and the Caribbean

Rosenstiel School News

An initial $7.5M grant funds new Miami ‘X-REEFS’ team to develop innovative...

June 21, 2022
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Making a Hurricane Indoors (For Science)

PBS - Be Smart

S10.E6 Hurricanes, typhoons, and tropical cyclones are Earth’s most powerful storms, capable of unleashing destruction and death on coastal...

June 2, 2022
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New interdisciplinary research teams tackle South Florida’s resilience

NEWS@TheU

Ten new U-LINK teams of faculty and staff members from across the University...

April 5, 2022
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Earthstorm - Hurricane

Netflix

S1.E4 A closer look at the ravaging effects of Hurricane Ida in 2021 reveals how rising global temperatures are pushing storms to grow more powerful than ever...

June 1, 2022

2021

seahive

Regrowing Coral To Protect Coastlines

NEWSY

Nearly 90% of Florida's coral reef has been decimated over the last 40 years, according to NOAA...

October 18, 2021
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University of Miami Scientists Lead Research to Mitigate Storm Surges

NBC 6

SEAHIVE is a marine and estuarine shoreline protection system that employs an artificial structure to...

June 1, 2021

2020

josh gates

Revealing the Triangle

Expedition Unknown 

S8.E8 Josh Gates uses cutting-edge technology to investigate the Triangle's most infamous shipwreck and lost flight...

March 25, 2020

2019

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Seas Are Rising. It Rains More. How Much Of That Is Making Hurricanes Worse?

WLRN

As the planet heats up, polar ice melts, seas rise and Biblical-size rains become more frequent, hurricanes are expected to get wetter and more intense...

August 8, 2019
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How UM's Hurricane Simulator is Helping Forecasters with Storm Prediction

NBC Miami

Hurricane forecasting is an always-evolving science. Meteorologists and scientist are always looking for new ways to improve...

June 6, 2019
brian haus

Creating Hurricanes with the flip of a switch

PBS (scitech)now

The powerful storm surge created by hurricanes often causes destruction. In an effort to improve intensity forecasting, ocean sciences professor, Brian Haus, of the University...

February 11, 2019

2018

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Hurricane Research: Why is the University of Miami Studying Hurricanes with Oceanographic Technology?

Nortek

During the annual Atlantic hurricane season...

October 18, 2018
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Can sustainable tech save the world?

BBC Click

Visit America's first sustainable solar-powered town, dives into a hurricane simulator, and looks at drones helping to protect the Great Barrier Reef...

June 25, 2018
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Coral Defense

UM News

Researchers knew they had a technological gem at their disposal when, four years ago, the University of Miami unveiled a wind-wave tank capable of generating Category 5 hurricane...

June 1, 2018
brian haus

Hurricane in a Box

SciFri

Brian Haus watches as the still air stirs into over 150 mph winds. The flat turquoise water suddenly churns...

April 27, 2018
Sustain Lab

University of Miami's Hurricane Research is Helping Save Lives

Marine Technology News

As the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season unfolds, millions of people...

August 29, 2018
rsmaes

How the University of Miami’s Hurricane Research is Helping Save Lives

ECO

As the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season...

August 28, 2018

2017

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Rosenstiel School: The Leader in Atmospheric and Ocean Research

Huffington Post

On October 2, the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami further solidified its academic and research leadership...

December 6, 2017
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Global warming

Red Bull

GZA’s journey to discover how we might out-think global warming takes him from a Harvard RoboBee lab and an underground park to the world’s largest hurricane simulator at the University...

November 14, 2017
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A Category 5 Learning Experience

UM NEWS | Special Report 

Tropical cyclones are a regular weather occurrence insidethe University of Miami’s Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. SUSTAIN (SUrge-STructure-Atmosphere INteraction) lab...

September 28, 2017

2015

sustain

Storm simulator recreates Category 5 hurricane conditions

CBS Mornings

Researchers at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science are creating their own hurricanes in a state-of-the-art lab...

June 2, 2015

New lab can create hurricane conditions on demand

Yahoo News

The world's largest hurricane simulator is now complete and experts hope it will improve forecasters' ability to predict how strong a storm...

May 29, 2015
brian haus

Storm Surge Ready, Bryan Norcross

The Weather Channel

Storm surge is the greatest threat to life and property. Here at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, they put storm surge in a box in the new Surge Structure Air-Sea...

May 26, 2015

UM-Based Cooperative Research Institute Receives $125 Million Award, Renewed Agreement

Ocean News & Technology

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded the Cooperative Institute for Marine...

May 26, 2015
sustain

World’s Biggest Hurricane Simulator Aims to Improve Forecasts

Yahoo News

The world's largest hurricane simulator is now complete and experts hope it will improve forecasters' ability to predict...

May 5, 2015

Tracing climate change from a 14,000 year old core sample

Aljazeera America

From the bottom of the sea to the top of the ocean, it was just another day at the office. From touching a 14,000-year-old slab...

April 3, 2015
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Miami’s Indoor Category 5 Hurricane

The Washington Post

Researchers at the University of Miami's Alfred C. Glassell Jr. SUSTAIN Laboratory use a wave and wind simulator "to study the ferocity of a...

March 11, 2015
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