University of Georgia Honors Samantha Joye with Regents Professor Award
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative congratulates Dr. Samantha “Mandy” Joye’s distinction as University of Georgia’s Regents Professor, effective 1 July 2019.
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Opportunity: Research Specialist with GRIIDC at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information & Data Cooperative (GRIIDC) is seeking a Research Specialist I to assist with review of oceanographic and environmental datasets.
Study Characterizes Ecosystem-Scale Methane Dynamics Following Deepwater Horizon
Scientists conducted a time-series investigation of methane concentrations, oxidation rates, and rate constant (the instantaneous capacity of the methanotrophic community to consume methane) to describe methane dynamics after the oil spill.
Deepwater Horizon and the GoMRI Program: Then and Now
Deepwater Horizon and the GoMRI Program: Then and Now – APRIL 25, 2019 The lives tragically lost on April 20 2010, the loss experienced by their families, and the loss of others’ health and livelihoods will never be forgotten. Nine years after Deepwater Horizon, we reflect on the challenges and uncertainties that coastal residents and…
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Continues to Impact Environment
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Continues to Impact Environment – APRIL 23, 2019 (From Technology Networks / April 23, 2019) Nine years ago tomorrow—April 20, 2010—crude oil began leaking from the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig into the Gulf of Mexico in what turned out to be the largest marine oil spill in history. A long-term study…
New Sea Grant Fact Sheet Answers Dispersant FAQs
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative is pleased to announce a new Sea Grant product that concisely summarizes recent science regarding how dispersants work, how they are used, and how they affect sea life.
Whatever happened to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?
Nine years since the explosion that triggered the disaster, Phil Keating reports on whether the Gulf ecosystem is recovering.
Grad Student Jasperse Examines Oil Spill Effects on Marsh Fish and Dolphins
Following Deepwater Horizon, researchers have been conducting multi-year studies on the health of Gulf of Mexico marine life.
Study Shows How Copepods Can Change the Size Spectrum of Oil Droplets
Scientists conducted laboratory experiments to investigate if copepod behavior can reshape the size frequency distribution of oil droplets.
Opportunity: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Marine Genomics
NRC is seeking a PDF researcher to lead the identification and characterization of phytoplankton species that decline or proliferate in response to petroleum oil exposure and develop DNA-based markers for informative species so that they may be quantified in situ in the ocean environment.