Scientists compared laboratory-generated weathered oil with weathered oil samples collected during Deepwater Horizon to better understand how different processes, specifically photo-oxidation and bio-oxidation, affect how oil changes chemically and physically.
Fall 2019 – GoMRI Synthesis & Legacy – JANUARY 14, 2020 (From Fall 2019 Newsletter) Contributing Author: Callan Yanoff The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative’s (GoMRI) Synthesis and Legacy efforts have shifted from hosting scientific workshops to focusing on the subsequent products, legacy pieces, and outreach activities. These elements have become vehicles to broadly distribute…
C-IMAGE and Story Collider Collaboration at AGU – JANUARY 14, 2020 (From Fall 2019 Newsletter) Contributing Author: Ari Daniel On the evening of Thursday, December 12, C-IMAGE welcomed Story Collider to the annual AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco. Story Collider is an organization dedicated to telling and sharing true, personal stories about science on…
GoMRI Attends the Centennial AGU Fall Meeting – JANUARY 14, 2020 (From Fall 2019 Newsletter) Members of the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) management team and the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC) attended the 2019 Centennial celebration of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) at its annual Fall Meeting. GoMRI…
Fall 2019 – Frequently Asked Questions with Dr. Chuck Wilson – JANUARY 14, 2020 (From Fall 2019 Newsletter) Dr. Chuck Wilson, Chief Scientific Officer for the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI), answered a few frequently asked questions. Question: How excited are you for the GoMRI Symposium on February 3? Answer: So excited! Question: Can…
Fall 2019 – Note from the Research Board Chair – JANUARY 14, 2020 (From Fall 2019 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) Research Board looks forward with enthusiasm to a series of events in 2020 that will share synthesis of the results of…
Following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, resource managers recognized the need for species-specific fish risk assessments to help identify which organisms and habitats would be most affected.
Technique allows dolphin pregnancy exams to mirror those in humans – JANUARY 10, 2020 (From EurekAlert! / National Marine Mammal Foundation News Release / January 10, 2020) The NMMF has just released its most recent advancement in dolphin medicine — an ultrasound technique for pregnant dolphins that mirrors the technique used for humans. Ultrasound has…
Scientists compared oil biodegradation model parameters and ran simulations to understand the relative importance of variables that affect predictions for oil fate from a deep-water release.
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) congratulates Dr. Tracey Sutton for being honored with the Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Provost’s Research and Scholarship Award.