Scientists conducted passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) of whales in the northern Gulf of Mexico using two autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) capable of recording marine mammal sounds.
Summer 2017 – Note from the Research Board Chair – SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 (From Summer 2017 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University The GoMRI Research Board is pleased to announce the awardees of the RFP-VI proposal process. RFP-VI awards will fund research in GoMRI Years 9 and 10. Thirty-one proposals…
Summer 2017 – Education Spotlight – SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 (From Summer 2017 Newsletter) GoMRI Outreach Coordinators Lauren Bracken, from the Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE), and Jessie Kastler, from the Consortium for Oil Exposure Pathways in Coastal River-Dominated Ecosystems (CONCORDE), attended the 2017 National Marine Educators Association (NMEA)…
CARTHE Concludes Year One of Bay Drift Citizen Science Project – SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 (From Summer 2017 Newsletter) The Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE) recently concluded a year-long citizen science project called the Biscayne Bay Drift Card Study (or Bay Drift), which began last September to better understand…
Summer 2017 – GoMRI Researcher Interview – SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 (From Summer 2017 Newsletter) Dr. Vijay John, from Tulane University, is principal investigator of the RFP-V project The Design of Synergistic Dispersant and Herding Systems using Tubular Clay Structures and Gel Phase Materials. His research team involves three other PIs: Dr. Diane Blake (Tulane), Dr.…
RFP-V Researcher Dr. Sunshine Van Bael Hosts Workshops for Elementary and Middle School- Aged Kids – SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 (From Summer 2017 Newsletter) Dr. Sunshine Van Bael, principal investigator of the RFP-V project Chemical Evolution and Plant-Microbe Degradation of Petroleum in Saline Marsh Plants and Soil, and her colleagues recently hosted a series of workshops in Louisiana…
Summer 2017 – Frequently Asked Questions: Thematic Workshops – SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 (From Summer 2017 Newsletter) Dr. Rick Shaw and Dr. John Shepherd of the Gulf of Mexico Research Board and Co-Chairs of the Research Board’s Synthesis and Legacy Committee answer a few frequently asked questions about the program. Question: GoMRI will be holding a…
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) is pleased to announce a new Sea Grant informational publication that discusses the locations where approximate amounts of oil went after the Deepwater Horizon spill. The publication Deepwater Horizon: Where did the oil go? summarizes what researchers have discovered about where the spilled oil traveled and what processes carried it along its path.
Opportunity: Estuarine Hydrodynamic Modeling PhD Research Assistant – SEPTEMBER 22, 2017 This PhD position will be housed in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Mississippi State University under the supervision of Dr. Anna Linhoss. The position requires a background in hydrodynamic or hydrologic modeling and BS and/or MS in engineering. Experience with coastal/estuarine hydrodynamics is…
Scientists Awarded $50 Million to Study Effects of Oil on Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem – SEPTEMBER 21, 2017 The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) is pleased to announce the 31 awardees of the program’s final two-year grants to support research on effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The selected proposals underwent a competitive…