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Arezoo Ardekani Receives PECASE
Posted on June 24, 2016The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative congratulates one of its own – Dr. Arezoo Motavalizadeh Ardekani, an assistant professor at Purdue University’s School of Mechanical Engineering – for receiving the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). -
Sea Grant Releases Brochure on Oil Spill Impacts on Fisheries
Posted on June 16, 2016The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative is pleased to announce a new Sea Grant informational brochure about Deepwater Horizon oil spill impacts on fisheries. This brochure synthesizes peer-reviewed oil spill science for a broad range of general audiences, particularly those who live and work across the Gulf Coast. -
Study Observes Mobile Bay Plume Dynamics on Coastal Circulation
Posted on June 14, 2016Scientists monitored a major river discharge event in Mobile Bay in March 2011 to better understand how such inputs affect Gulf of Mexico nearshore water transport. -
Unraveling the Mystery of Oil Compounds, Weathering, and Toxicity
Posted on June 7, 2016Responders to the Deepwater Horizon spill used large quantities of dispersant to facilitate oil biodegradation, but could a different method be safer for the environment? -
Using Luminescent Radiation to Describe “Forgotten” PAHs
Posted on June 2, 2016Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with high molecular weights (HMW-PAHs) are potentially toxic compounds that can cause genetic mutations. However, current environmental monitoring and analyses of human health risks only focus on the sixteen PAHs that the Environmental Protection Agency considers priority pollutants. -
Grad Student Jaggi Seeks Solution to World’s Clean Water Shortage
Posted on May 31, 2016As a child in India, Aprami Jaggi witnessed firsthand how polluted water sources impact society. Her desire to make water remediation her life’s work has led her from Delhi to Calgary, Canada, to study oil mitigation. -
Now Available: Hydrocarbon Intercalibration Experiment Reports
Posted on May 27, 2016The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) is pleased to announce the release of two reports detailing the results of the Hydrocarbon Intercalibration Experiment (HIE). -
Grad Student Tang Studies Whale Populations’ Oil Spill Recovery
Posted on May 23, 2016When disaster strikes, responders look at how creatures in its path may be impacted to mitigate damage. Tingting Tang takes the process one step further, using mathematical models to predict how long recovery may take. The creatures that Tingting focuses on are some of the Gulf of Mexico’s largest predators and most charismatic animals, beaked and sperm whales. -
Study Models Oil Aerobic Biodegradation Rates in Tidal Beaches
Posted on May 19, 2016A team of scientists created a numerical model that simulates hydrocarbon biodegradation and transport in tidally influenced beaches to identify key factors affecting biodegradation in these environments. -
Now Available: Deepwater Horizon NRDA Marine Samples From NOAA
Posted on May 17, 2016The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are making available to the scientific community Gulf of Mexico physical samples collected during and after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
