CARTHE Drifters Provide Unprecedented Amounts of Data for Gulf of Mexico Science – February 5, 2013 (From Winter 2013 Newsletter) With a Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) award, the Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE), led by Dr. Tamay Özgökmen at the University of Miami (UM), is conducting…
Winter 2013 – Note from the Research Board Chair – February 5, 2013 (From Winter 2013 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University Welcome to the inaugural newsletter of the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI). This quarterly e-newsletter provides readers with updates from the GoMRI-funded scientific teams and their research…
Winter 2013 – Education Corner – February 5, 2013 (From Winter 2013 Newsletter) by Sherryl Gilbert, C-IMAGE The Center for Integrated Modeling & Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems (C-IMAGE) is a comprehensive research consortium of 13 national and international universities tasked with evaluating the environmental impacts of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (DWH) on coastal ecosystems, the water column,…
Winter 2013 – Seven Questions with Dr. Steve Murawski – February 5, 2013 University of South Florida (From Winter 2013 Newsletter) 1. Can you tell me a bit about C-IMAGE? What are the goals and what knowledge gaps will the program fill? C-IMAGE, or the Center for Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems, is a…
Winter 2013 – Frequently Asked Questions by Dr. Chuck Wilson – February 5, 2013 (From Winter 2013 Newsletter) Dr. Chuck Wilson, Senior Scientist for the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI), answers a few of the most frequently asked questions about the program. Question 1: What is GoMRI? Answer: GoMRI is an independent research program…
Know what meiofauna is? Most people have to look it up. Stephen Landers, professor in the Biological and Environmental Sciences department at Troy University, focuses the majority of his research on the tiny invertebrates that populate the ocean floor, joking,
Newsletter – February 5, 2013 We are pleased to release the inaugural issue of the GoMRI newsletter. © Copyright 2010- 2017 Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) – All Rights Reserved. Redistribution is encouraged with acknowledgement to the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI). Please credit images and/or videos as done in each article. Questions?…