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PNAS Writer Follows Scientists Seeking to Answer, Did Sub-Sea Dispersants Work?
Posted on July 18, 2019Scientist and author M. Mitchell Waldrop accompanied researchers, funded by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, as they conducted the largest experimental simulation to-date of the Deepwater Horizon oil intrusion. -
Study Finds Oil Exposure Reduces Cardiorespiratory Function in Cobia Fish
Posted on July 16, 2019Researchers conducted swim tests on Gulf of Mexico Cobia fish to investigate potential impacts from oil exposure. -
Joel Kostka Elected American Academy of Microbiology Fellow
Posted on July 11, 2019The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) congratulates Dr. Joel Kostka on his election as a 2019 American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) Fellow. -
Study Improves Drifter-Based Estimates of Near-Surface Ocean Currents
Posted on July 10, 2019Scientists developed a new approach to improve near-surface (15 meters depth) ocean circulation estimations derived from drogued and undrogued drifters (drogues extend below the surface, providing stability) used in the NOAA Global Drifter Program. -
Study Finds Oil Impacts on Fiddler Crabs May Also Affect Broader Marsh Health
Posted on July 2, 2019Scientists conducted mesocosm experiments to explore how crude oil affects marsh-dwelling fiddler crabs, classified as ecosystem engineers or bioturbators. The researchers tested impacts of various oil concentrations to mimic light (L) to heavy (H) oiling scenarios, with fiddler crabs experiencing more acute impacts at higher oil concentrations and less at lower concentrations. -
How Grad Student Niles Gets to Know Crude Oil at a Molecular Level
Posted on June 27, 2019When an oil slick is exposed to sunlight, photo-oxidation processes break the oil down and incorporate oxygen into the petroleum molecules. -
Study Finds Dispersed Oil, But Not Oil Alone, Negatively Affects Phytoplankton
Posted on June 25, 2019Scientists conducted mesocosm experiments to examine how oil and chemically-dispersed oil affect Gulf of Mexico phytoplankton. Exposure to oil alone did not impair phytoplankton growth or their photosynthesis ability, nor did it significantly change the community’s diversity. -
Smithsonian Highlights Technology that Tracks the Ocean’s Flow
Posted on June 20, 2019Many factors affect how the ocean moves, and it is especially difficult to know exactly how it will behave in a specific area, as was evident with challenges in predicting oil transport during Deepwater Horizon. -
Study Describes Six-Year Evolution of Gulf Sediments Following Deepwater Horizon
Posted on June 18, 2019Scientists adapted high-resolution sampling and analyses methods to assess Gulf of Mexico sediment core samples collected from 2010-2016 and identify sedimentation changes that followed Deepwater Horizon. -
![(From Bioengineer / June 11, 2019) UD’s Andrew Wozniak investigates consequences of Deepwater Horizon oil spill If you were able to stand on the bottom of the seafloor and look […]](https://gulfresearchinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/GOMRIintheNews-125x125.png "Marine oil snow")
Marine oil snow
Posted on June 11, 2019(From Bioengineer / June 11, 2019) UD’s Andrew Wozniak investigates consequences of Deepwater Horizon oil spill If you were able to stand on the bottom of the seafloor and look […]
