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Teachers Learning Spill Research Science at Sea

September 19, 2013

Middle and high-school teachers in Florida, USA, recently put their sea legs to the test when they boarded the R/V Weatherbird II to conduct science that matters to their students and communities.

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Dr. Teresa Greely (L) assists C-IMAGE Chief Scientist Leslie Schwierzke-Wade (middle) as she talks with 3rd graders at Jamerson Elementary in Florida during a Skype ship-to-shore video conference. (Also pictured is scientist Heather Broadbent). (Photo by: Mary St. Denis)

Ahoy! Teachers Take to the High Seas to Learn the Science of Oil Spill Research

September 10, 2013

Middle and high school teachers in Florida put on their sea legs, boarded the R/V Weatherbird II, and conducted science that matters to their students and communities.

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The Technical University of Hamburg at Harburg (TUHH), Germany hosted the 1st Hamburg Symposium on Deep-Sea Oil Spills. (Photo provided by C-IMAGE)

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Research Symposium in Europe

September 9, 2013

North American and European expertise to improve quick and effective response to future oil spills and minimize their environmental impact.

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Study: Wave Data Can Improve Forecasts that Help Search and Rescue Operations and Oil Spill Response

August 28, 2013

Scientists with the Norwegian Meteorological Institute are quantifying wave effects for use in ocean models that predict the direction of surface water movement.

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Drifter Research to Improve Oil Movement Predictions

August 28, 2013

Organisers invited Dr Tamay Ozgokmen of the University of Miami to present results on ocean processes from his GLAD experiment conducted after the Deepwater Horizon incident to improve prediction models of oil transport.

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Students test the skimming method of oil spill cleanup using a straw with a string looped through it gather oil. (Photo by: J. Findley)

Texas Students Put Oil Spill Cleanup Methods to the Test

August 28, 2013

A group of twenty-six middle school students conducted experiments to compare these methods as part of a week-long University of Texas Summer Science Field Program.

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Breaking surface waves, generating whitecaps and ocean turbulence as seen from a ship's bull's eye. (Photo by: Kai Christensen)

Study: Wave Data Can Improve Forecasts that Help Search and Rescue Operations and Oil Spill Response

August 26, 2013

Scientists with the Norwegian Meteorological Institute are quantifying wave effects for use in ocean models that predict the direction of surface water movement.

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Shark Tale: 12-foot Arctic Predator Caught in Warm Gulf of Mexico

August 20, 2013

A university research crew captured a whopping 12-foot Greenland shark from 6,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico

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Drifter trajectories from the GLAD expedition from October 2012, superimposed on the sea surface temperature (SST) from MODIS data. The tails are three weeks long. The wiggles on features in the SST image result from the submesoscale motions where the highest property exchange between the ocean and atmosphere is thought of take place. Image Credit: Edward Ryan

Ozgokmen Presents Drifter Research from Oil-Spill Study at U.S. Climate Summit

August 20, 2013

Meeting organizers invited Dr. Tamay Ozgokmen with the University of Miami to present results on ocean processes from his team’s Grand Lagrangian Deployment (GLAD) experiment

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Taking a Team Approach: ECOGIG Research Expeditions

August 19, 2013

ECOGIG researchers working aboard the Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus and Research Vessel (R/V) Endeavor explain how the scientific crews of the two ships work together to conduct this complementary research.

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