AUV Jubilee – August 26, 2015 (From Summer 2015 Newsletter) CONCORDE coordinates Gulf-wide data collection event and teacher education program. Provided by Jessica Kastler (Outreach Coordinator, GoMRI CONCORDE) and Ryan Vandermeulen (University of Southern Mississippi) The AUV Jubilee was a premier event to coordinate autonomous underwater vehicles, known as AUVs or gliders, and other in…
Summer 2015 – Frequently Asked Questions by Dr. Chuck Wilson – August 26, 2015 (From Spring 2015 Newsletter) Dr. Chuck Wilson, Chief Scientific Officer for the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI), answers a few of the most frequently asked questions about the program. One of the many GoMRI legacies, which is specifically described in…
Highlights from the 2015 Summer Field Season – August 26, 2015 (From Summer 2015 Newsletter) Summer is a busy time for GoMRI scientists and they have been hard at work! Read on to see what some of the Consortia and RFP-II scientists have been up to this summer! RECOVER A team of scientists, professional anglers, and…
Summer 2015 – Education Spotlight – August 26, 2015 (From Summer 2015 Newsletter) CARTHE – Students from Singapore American School in Singapore have been working on building their very own Bob the Drifter. The class put together a video and reached out to CARTHE for advice on how to build their drifters. CARTHE’s Outreach Manager…
Summer 2015 – GoMRI Researcher Interview with Dr. Darrell Sparks – August 26, 2015 (From Summer 2015 Newsletter) Dr. Darrell Sparks from Mississippi State University answered a few questions about his RFP-II project, Characterizing the Composition and Biogeochemical Behavior of Dispersants and Their Transformation Products in Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ecosystems. 1. Thank you so…
Summer 2015 – Note from the Research Board Chair – August 26, 2015 (From Summer 2015 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University As stated in the Legacy Goals of the GoMRI, one of our primary objectives is to build scientific and intellectual capacity for rapid and coordinated response and effective…
Scientists demonstrated an effective and environmentally benign technology to harness the forces that cause an oil spill to spread.
Bicheng Chen is dedicated to seeking the physical explanations behind everyday phenomena. His research on ocean turbulence and numerical modeling led him to investigate the interactions among wind, waves, and turbulence and their effect on oil transport and dispersion.
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative recently awarded CONCORDE a grant to study nearshore currents and circulation flows and their potential role in creating sub-surface oil exposure pathways.
Oil wasn’t the only thing that gushed after a well operated by BP Plc exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. There was also a fountain of research.