Many people outside of the Gulf Coast region are not aware of the large population of Vietnamese residents who live across this area, in concentrated communities from Texas to Alabama.
Eight scientists from Florida State University (FSU) and the University of West Florida (UWF) visited schools in Tallahassee and Pensacola to interact with and help students understand the long-term effects of the spill.
Science that is understandable is science that is used.
The GoMRI Research Board – a group of twenty science, public health, and research administration experts – convened a Public Health Workshop on July 30th, 2013, to discuss the most pressing needs for future public health related research.
A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science showed that the complex circulation from the Mississippi River plume played a substantial role in the transport and fate of the oil following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon incident.
The University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute, invites applications for a tenure track faculty position to begin as early as Fall 2014.
GoMRI congratulates Dr. Clint Dawson, Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics and Edward S. Hyman Endowed Chair in Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, for receiving the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Career Prize in Geosciences.
Scientists at Florida State University are examining the mechanics behind oil transport, including changes to Sea Surface Temperature (SST) and the roughness of surface water that an oil slick could affect.