GoMRI RFP-IV Preliminary Proposals Currently Undergoing Peer Review
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Research Board received 72 preliminary proposals for the 2015 – 2017 Research Consortia solicitation.
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Gulf Oil Spill Researchers are Key Participants at Chinese International Oil and Gas Symposium
Scientists funded by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) played a major role in an International Symposium on Deep-sea Oil Spill and Offshore Oil-Gas Exploitation held in Qingdao, China on October 28 to 29, 2013.
Nancy Rabalais Conferred as AGU Fellow
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) community wishes to congratulate one of its own, Dr. Nancy Rabalais, on her selection as an American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fellow.
Tracking the Last Mile Before Oil Meets the Beach
Rolling waves, swirling currents, converging fronts, shifting sediments – all are connected as anyone who has chased a ball in beach waters knows. But how?
Study Confirms Methane-Eating Bacteria Contributed to Carbon Entering Food Web
Scientists confirmed that methane-derived carbon, likely from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill entered the food web via small particles through a pathway known as methanotrophy.
What Was the Fate of Oil Released Into the Gulf of Mexico?
Researchers from Nova Southeastern University’s Oceanographic Center (OC) recently participated in a three-week field campaign in the Gulf of Mexico that centered on the fate of oil that is released into the environment.
Study Indicates “Memory” of Benzene Remains in Marsh Sediment and Affects Its Future Degradation
Researchers have known that pollutant exposure alters the ability of ecological systems to degrade those pollutants upon encountering them again.