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Podcasts and Videos Share GoMRI Oil Spill Research with a Broader Audience
Posted on May 22, 2013Scientists conducting research to understand the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are increasingly using sights and sounds to share their explorations and discoveries. -
Direct Connections: CARTHE and DEEP-C Inspire Future Scientists
Posted on May 22, 2013Scientists conducting GoMRI-funded oil spill research take their mission regarding society seriously. -
Study Shows Bacteria Contributed to Consumption of 200,000 tons of Oil and Gas
Posted on May 17, 2013Scientists who tracked deep underwater oil and gas plumes after the Deepwater Horizon incident concluded that the respiration of dissolved and trapped hydrocarbons resulted in reduced dissolved oxygen concentrations from a bloom of hydrocarbon-eating bacteria. -
Francisco Hung Receives NSF Career Award
Posted on May 13, 2013The GoMRI community congratulates one of our own – Dr. Francisco Hung, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Louisiana State University – as a recipient of the prestigious NSF Career Award. -
Study: Dispersants Can Move Hydrocarbons Faster and Deeper into Gulf Sand
Posted on May 10, 2013Scientists studying the fate of oil from the Deepwater Horizon incident published their findings in the November 2012 edition of Public Library of Science (PLoS ONE): Dispersants as used in response to the MC252-spill lead to higher mobility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in oil-contaminated Gulf of Mexico sand.
