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===Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science campus===
{{main|Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science}}
{{see also|Bulletin of Marine Science|Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing|Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies|Little Salt Spring}}
[[File:Rosenstiel Applied Marine Physics Building.jpg|thumb|The Applied Marine Physics Building at the University of Miami's [[Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science]] on [[Virginia Key]], in September 2007]]
The University of Miami's [[Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science]] maintains its {{convert|18|acre|m2|abbr=on}} campus on the [[Biscayne Bay]] waterfront on [[Virginia Key]]. It is the only subtropical marine and atmospheric research institute in the continental United States. The school is home to the world's largest [[hurricane]] simulation tank.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.underwatertimes.com/ref/ref.php|title=The Reference Desk|access-date=February 18, 2010|publisher=UnderwaterTimes.com|archive-date=January 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113082500/http://underwatertimes.com//ref/ref.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://marinesciencetoday.com/2009/07/17/university-roundup-rosentstiel-school-of-marine-and-atmospheric-science-at-the-university-of-miami/|publisher=Marine Science Today|title=University Roundup: Rosentstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami|access-date=April 16, 2011|archive-date=August 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820160856/http://marinesciencetoday.com/2009/07/17/university-roundup-rosentstiel-school-of-marine-and-atmospheric-science-at-the-university-of-miami/|url-status=usurped}}</ref> The [[Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory]], a federal research laboratory, maintains its headquarters next to the Rosenstiel School campus on [[Rickenbacker Causeway]] and collaborates on various academic projects with the Rosenstiel School.

The school maintains the Barbados Atmospheric Chemistry Observatory (BACO), a research facility on the eastern end of [[Barbados]] in the [[Caribbean]]. The facility researches the summertime transport of dust particles from the [[Sahara]] in [[North Africa]] across the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the [[Caribbean Basin]] and [[South America]].<ref>[https://baco.earth.miami.edu/history/index.html Rosentiel School Barbados Atmospheric Chemistry Observatory (BACO), retrieved March 1, 2024]</ref>

The school's origins date back to 1945 when construction began on [[Rickenbacker Causeway]] to make Virginia Key accessible by car. During the causeway's construction, [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade County]] offered the university a part of the island adjacent to [[Miami Seaquarium]] in exchange for it agreeing to assume operational management of the aquarium.<ref name="rsmashist">{{cite web |url=http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/info/history/ |title=History|publisher=University of Miami|access-date=November 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091114142826/http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/info/history/ |archive-date=November 14, 2009}}</ref> In 1951, however, the aquarium's construction was delayed following the failure of a bond referendum designed to fund it, and the university instead chose to begin leasing the land from the county. In 1953, the university built classroom and lab buildings on a {{convert|16|acre|adj=on}} campus to house what would become the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS). Additional buildings were added in 1957, 1959, and 1965.<ref name="rsmashist"/>

From 1947 to 1959, the State of Florida funded the University of Miami Marine Lab on Virginia Key until the state completed construction of its own marine laboratory in [[St. Petersburg, Florida|St. Petersburg]].<ref name="rsmashist"/>

Since 1951, the school has published the ''[[Bulletin of Marine Science]]'', a [[peer review|peer-reviewed]] [[scientific journal]] on [[ecology]], [[fisheries management]], [[geology]], [[geophysics]], [[marine biology]], [[oceanography]], [[meteorology]], and related topics.

In 2009, the University of Miami received a $15 million federal grant to help construct a {{convert|56500|sqft|m2}} Marine Technology and Life Sciences Seawater Research Building on the Rosenstiel School campus.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2009/07/20/daily10.html|title=UM marine science school awarded $15M in stimulus|date=July 20, 2009|work=South Florida Business Journal|first=Brian|last=Bandell|access-date=February 7, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724205929/http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2009/07/20/daily10.html|archive-date=July 24, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>