The Human Side of Oil Spill Science
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Deep-C Launches the Gulf’s First SailBuoy for Scientific Observations
The self-powered, wind-propelled, autonomously-controlled vessel advances the way that scientists gather and transmit oceanic and atmospheric data.
Study uses High-Speed Simulations to Understand “Chemical Herding” of Molecules
Scientists studying dispersants and related chemical compounds recently published their findings.
Save the Date: GoMRI RFP for 2015-2017 Research Consortia
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) is pleased to announce the development of the GoMRI Request for Proposals for 2015-2017 GoMRI Research Consortia.
LSU Researchers Study the Impact of Oil Spill on Seaside Sparrows
When the Deepwater Horizon disaster leaked an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, many researchers feared that coastal ecosystems would never be the same.
Study Presents Effective Method for High-Precision Flow Forecasts in the Gulf
Scientists used a mathematical approach to uncover path-defining “structures” beneath Gulf waters that governed the movement of oil following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Scientists Seek Public Help in Oil Spill Research
You may already be a winner! That is what folks will read on posters across the Gulf region if they find and report bright yellow cards drifting in Gulf waters or washed up on beaches.
Halpern and Murawski Appointed to Ocean Studies Board
The GoMRI community congratulates the recent appointment of two of their own – Drs. David Halpern and Steven Murawski to the National Research Council Ocean Studies Board (OSB)
‘Dirty Blizzard’ May Account For Missing Deepwater Horizon Oil
Oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill acted as a catalyst for plankton and other surface materials to clump together and fall to the sea floor in a massive sedimentation event that researchers are calling a “dirty blizzard.”