Fall 2016 – GoMRI Researcher Interview with Dr. Scott Grayson – NOVEMBER 28, 2016 (From Fall 2016 Newsletter) Dr. Scott Grayson from Tulane University answered a few questions about his RFP-II project, Development of Cost-Efficient and Concentration-Independent Dispersants for Improved Oil Spill Remediation. 1. Thank you for talking with us! Tell us a bit about…
GoMRI Attends 2016 Clean Gulf Conference in Tampa, FL – NOVEMBER 28, 2016 (From Fall 2016 Newsletter) Members of the GoMRI Management Team, as well as members of the Gulf Sea Grant Team and the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), attended the 2016 Clean Gulf Conference from November 1-3, 2016…
CARTHE Partners with Local Organizations and Community in Bay Drift Study – NOVEMBER 28, 2016 (From Fall 2016 Newsletter) The Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE) was recently approached by the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens with a question they hoped CARTHE could help with. Museum members had been noticing…
Fall 2016 – Education Spotlight – NOVEMBER 28, 2016 (From Fall 2016 Newsletter) ECOGIG: ECOGIG recently launched this season’s Science and the Stadium events. This year, ECOGIG is traveling with their Ocean Discovery Zone exhibit to other institutions within their consortium, and their first event of the fall season took place at Penn State in…
Something very unusual—perhaps ominous—is happening with the dolphinfish population off the southeastern United States.
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) congratulates Dr. Rita Colwell for receiving the 2015 Mahathir Science Award.
Following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, dispersants were used to keep the oil from coming ashore by dispersing and diluting it.
Hydrocarbons associated with oil spills can have harmful effects on humans and organisms, yet little is known about the specific compounds that contribute to toxicity.
The ecological consequences of an environmental disaster can extend further than one may imagine as effects propagate through interconnected food webs. Most recently, researchers in the US have found evidence suggesting that oil from the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) spillage has been incorporated into birds living on land.
A new fellowship program organized by Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and Tulane University’s ByWater Institute aims to bolster disaster response efforts in Louisiana’s coastal parishes.