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Marine Mammal Research Team Receives Rollie Lamberson Modelling Award
Posted on October 17, 2019Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) congratulates scientists with the LADC-GEMM research consortium on receiving the 2019 Rollie Lamberson Research Award presented at the International Resource Modeling Association conference in Montreal, Canada. -
Grad Student Rayle Examines Changing Meiofauna Biodiversity in Oiled Marshes Using Bioinformatics
Posted on October 15, 2019Shearing typically occurs along coastal marshes when strong storms rip away the plants at the marsh edge. Because oiled shoreline sediment is in a weakened state and less able to securely hold plants in place, some Louisiana marshes that were heavily oiled following Deepwater Horizon are experiencing more shearing than usual. -
Study Assessed Aging Oil Spill Material on the Seafloor and Found Recovery
Posted on October 9, 2019Scientists analyzed radiocarbon isotopes, which identify the source of carbons in compounds such as oil and methane, and applied those “fingerprints” to quantify recovery of deep-seafloor sediment contaminated by Deepwater Horizon. -
![The Sea Grant Science Outreach Program is seeking a Texas-based extension specialist to join the team. The interdisciplinary Gulf-wide team members bring peer-reviewed oil spill and ecosystem science findings to […]](https://gulfresearchinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/job_pic-125x125.jpg "Opportunity: Texas A&M Sea Grant Administration, Program Coordinator II P11")
Opportunity: Texas A&M Sea Grant Administration, Program Coordinator II P11
Posted on October 7, 2019The Sea Grant Science Outreach Program is seeking a Texas-based extension specialist to join the team. The interdisciplinary Gulf-wide team members bring peer-reviewed oil spill and ecosystem science findings to […] -
How Grad Student Kurpiel Uses Radium to Monitor Spilled Oil
Posted on October 3, 2019Scientists can use radium isotopes, which are released from oil in seawater and decay at a specific rate, as geochemical tracers to investigate marine processes involved in oil degradation. -
Studies Shows Beach Environment Enhanced Oil Degradation, But Still May Take 30 Years
Posted on October 1, 2019Researchers at Florida State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology analyzed degradation processes of oil that was deposited along Gulf of Mexico beaches following Deepwater Horizon. -
Study Quantifies Dispersant Effects on Initial Oil Slick Breakup by Waves
Posted on September 26, 2019Scientists generated breaking waves in the presence of various dispersant and oil ratios (DOR) using a custom-built wave tank to investigate how subsurface oil droplets evolve in a turbulent environment. -
Attention Oil Spill Researchers! IOSC 2020 Scholarship Applications Now Being Accepted
Posted on September 24, 2019The International Oil Spill Conference (IOSC) provides a vital forum for the oil industry to gather and discuss future challenges and opportunities with sound science, practical innovation, global research, and imagination. The IOSC 2020 will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana May 11-14, 2020. -
![Oil-water interfaces, such as those formed by marine oil spills or natural ocean oil seeps, are teeming with bacterial activity. Some bacterial species in those interfaces form biofilms that help […]](https://gulfresearchinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/DROPPS_Scholar_Deng1_slider-125x125.jpg "Grad Student Deng Investigates How Marine Microbes Move When Oil is Present")
Grad Student Deng Investigates How Marine Microbes Move When Oil is Present
Posted on September 19, 2019Oil-water interfaces, such as those formed by marine oil spills or natural ocean oil seeps, are teeming with bacterial activity. Some bacterial species in those interfaces form biofilms that help […] -
Study Quantifies Limitations in Using Marker Genes to Predict Microbial Capabilities
Posted on September 17, 2019Scientists conducted the largest comparison to-date of publicly available sequenced bacterial genomes to provide the first in-depth look at using high-throughput marker genes to profile a microbial community’s functional capability.
