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Scientists Seek Public Help in Oil Spill Research
Posted on March 26, 2013You may already be a winner! That is what folks will read on posters across the Gulf region if they find and report bright yellow cards drifting in Gulf waters or washed up on beaches. -
Halpern and Murawski Appointed to Ocean Studies Board
Posted on March 25, 2013The GoMRI community congratulates the recent appointment of two of their own – Drs. David Halpern and Steven Murawski to the National Research Council Ocean Studies Board (OSB) -
The Tiniest Survivors
Posted on March 21, 2013The bay anchovy is the most important fish you’ve never heard of. -
‘Dirty Blizzard’ May Account For Missing Deepwater Horizon Oil
Posted on March 15, 2013Oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill acted as a catalyst for plankton and other surface materials to clump together and fall to the sea floor in a massive sedimentation event that researchers are calling a “dirty blizzard.” -
Deep Sea Domination
Posted on March 5, 2013Random items scatter the outdoor swimming pool at Santa Rosa Christian School, including a garbage can, hula hoop, rings and fish pictures. -
Opportunity: MS Assistantship Position in Wetland Biogeochemistry
Posted on February 25, 2013The Roberts Lab of Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry at the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) is seeking a graduate research assistant at the Master of Science level to examine the influence of river diversions on carbon and nitrogen cycling in Louisiana freshwater, brackish, and salt marshes. -
Chemical Study Shows Different Patterns of Oil Weathering
Posted on February 20, 2013Scientists studying the weathering processes that altered the oil released during the Deepwater Horizon spill recently published their findings in the September 2012 Issue of Environmental Research Letters -
Studies Indicate that Oyster Tissue and Shell were Similar in Pre- and Post- Oil Spill Conditions
Posted on February 11, 2013Separate groups of scientists studying the Deepwater Horizon oil spill impacts on oysters along the Gulf coast recently published their findings in two journals. -
Opportunities: Two PhD Assistantship Available in Ecotoxicology
Posted on February 7, 2013Seeking two highly motivated students for a PhD graduate assistantship at the University of Connecticut (Department of Natural Resources and the Environment) and the University of Southern Mississippi (Department of Coastal Sciences at the Gulf Coast Research Lab). -
Dr. Rita Colwell: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative/Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference
Posted on February 7, 2013Jocelyn Lockwood talks to Dr. Colwell about the latest scientific results concerning all aspects of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem following the BP oil spill.
