December 16, 2013 – Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

A Gulf of Mexico sunset as seen from the R/V Brooks McCall, summer 2012. (Photo by Laura Spencer, with Texas A&M University and the Gulf of Mexico Spill Integrated Response Consortium)

Scientists Encouraged to Participate in the Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences

December 16, 2013

The National Research Council is conducting a Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences (DSOS 2015), and the National Science Foundation (NSF) is sponsoring this effort. Dr. Rita Colwell, Chair of the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) Board encourages its funded scientists to participate and inform this effort with their ongoing work.

Students Jessica Diller (bottom) and Kamala Earl (top) prepare enclosed treatment plots in oiled marshes of Barataria Bay, La. (Photo by Gabriel

Study Reveals Recovery and Loss in Oiled Louisiana Marshes

December 16, 2013

Scientists from the University of Florida surveyed the vegetation at oiled and non-oiled Louisiana marsh sites to assess impacts from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.