January 21, 2015 – Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

A deep-sea crab lives in a coral community on top of a carbonate boulder. ECOGIG researchers are making strides to better understand visible and invisible impacts of oil on deep-sea corals such as this. (Photo credit: Ian R. MacDonald)

Smithsonian Slideshow Features ECOGIG Deep-Sea Coral Research

January 21, 2015

After the Deepwater Horizon incident, scientists faced the daunting task of locating deep-sea coral communities on the Gulf seafloor and assessing their condition.