The University of Miami’s Marine Technology & Life Sciences Seawater Complex (MTLSSC) has opened at the Rosenthiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science. The complex includes research and teaching laboratories for air-sea interactions and biology of living marine organisms. The 8,520-square-foot SUSTAIN (Surge-Structure-Atmosphere Interaction) facility includes a wind-wave-storm surge simulator that can generate Category 5 hurricane-force winds in a three-dimensional test environment. This state-of-the-art tool is unique, the only one of its kind in the world. The 47,942-square-foot Marine Life Science Center supports cutting-edge research on living marine organisms, including coral-reef research, fisheries and biological oceanography...
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