What Lies Beneath: Scientists Study Seaweed to Understand Gulf Oil Impacts
A floating mass of tangled seaweed might not look inviting, but for marine life in open Gulf waters it is critical for survival.
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Sampling Studies: Digging for Buried Data to Understand Oil Impacts
With buckets and shovels in hand, scientists have collected and are analyzing oil found in the sediments of Gulf coast beaches.
Opportunity: CARTHE – Post Doctoral Scientist
The City University of New York Graduate Physics Program – College of Staten Island (Department of Mathematics & Center for Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics and Computational Science) seeks applications for a competitively awarded postdoctoral fellowship from highly qualified candidates interested in multi-scale, multi-phase modeling of turbulent transport in the ocean environment.
Killifish – The “White Mouse” of Marine Science – in Gulf Oil Studies
Why would scientists select a small marsh minnow to help them understand the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?
Research at Sea – Tracking and Identifying Oil across the Florida Shelf
Dr. Ian MacDonald with Florida State University (FSU) and Dr. Richard Snyder with the University of West Florida (UWF) have been leading a research team to track and identify oil in sediment and water samples since January 2011.
USF Researcher: Cactus Can Clean Up Oil Spills
Associate professor of chemical engineering Norma Alcantar is filing for an international patent for a cactus mucilage as an oil dispersant.
Two Years After Deepwater Horizon: Mote’s Oil Spill Response
Today, on the second anniversary of the worst oil spill in U.S. history, new questions continue to surface about Deepwater Horizon’s long-term effects on marine life — an ongoing focus of the world-class research at Mote Marine Laboratory.
Research at Sea: ECOGIG Sets Sail to Understand Impacts of Oil in Deepwater Ecosystems
April 2012. Dr. Vernon Asper (Chief Scientist) with the University of Mississippi and 18 scientists sailed from Gulfport, MS on April 12th on the R/V Endeavor for the first of six research cruises.
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Researchers Look into Effects on Wildlife, Ways to Improve Response
LSU entomologist Linda Hooper-Bui and her graduate students spent a day last week putting down cages, each one containing 20 brown crickets, among sprigs of smooth cordgrass in a marsh by Bay Jimmy.
Save the Date! Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference
The conference sponsors share a goal to improve society’s ability to understand the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem, which includes humans, to ensure its long-term environmental health.