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Grad Student Dandekar Examines How Ocean Layers Affect Microbial Motion Towards Oil
Posted on May 19, 2020Hydrocarbon-degrading microbes living in ocean environments consumed and metabolized oil droplets following Deepwater Horizon, which significantly influenced the oil’s fate in the Gulf of Mexico. -
Grad Student Jacketti Enhances Modeling Capability to Track Sunken Oil
Posted on May 12, 2020Oil spilled in the ocean can sink to the seafloor due to its high density or by attaching to floating particulate matter, as happened during the Marine Oil Snow Sedimentation and Flocculent Accumulation (MOSSFA) event following Deepwater Horizon. -
![(From EurekAlert! / May 6, 2020) When the Deepwater Horizon oil rig suffered a blowout in 2010 and began spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico, scientists got to work […]](https://gulfresearchinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/GOMRIintheNews-125x125.png "FSU researchers study Gulf of Mexico in international collaboration")
FSU researchers study Gulf of Mexico in international collaboration
Posted on May 6, 2020(From EurekAlert! / May 6, 2020) When the Deepwater Horizon oil rig suffered a blowout in 2010 and began spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico, scientists got to work […] -
![The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), Oil Spill Preparedness Division (OSPD) is currently accepting applications for the position of General Engineer. Open & closing […]](https://gulfresearchinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/job_pic-125x125.jpg "Opportunity: General Engineer, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Oil Spill Preparedness Division")
Opportunity: General Engineer, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Oil Spill Preparedness Division
Posted on May 6, 2020The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), Oil Spill Preparedness Division (OSPD) is currently accepting applications for the position of General Engineer. Open & closing […] -
New Report! Deepwater Horizon Discoveries of How Microbes Mitigate Oil Spills
Posted on May 6, 2020Technical advances in genomics since Deepwater Horizon have revealed the natural capacity of microbes to catalyze bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons. -
A Decade of Research Reveals Significance of Sunlight’s Effects on Floating Oil
Posted on May 5, 2020April 2020 marks ten years since the tragic Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico. It also marks a decade of oil spill research that followed funded by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiate (GoMRI), resulting in more than 1,350 peer-reviews studies published so far, that are helping us understand the oil’s fate and impacts and be better prepared for future spills. -
Sociologists Link Lessons from Deepwater Horizon to Long-Term Coronavirus Impacts
Posted on April 30, 2020Investigations into health impacts stemming from Deepwater Horizon may provide insights as to what we might anticipate later from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. -
Oil Spill Research Consortium Publishes Summary Highlights of Their Findings
Posted on April 28, 2020In recognition of the Deepwater Horizon 10th anniversary, researchers with the Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems (C-IMAGE) led by the University of South Florida developed a booklet that features highlights of studies funded by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI). -
Marine Mammal Researchers Chronicle a Decade of Assessments Since Deepwater Horizon
Posted on April 24, 2020The National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF), who leads the Consortium for Advanced Research on Marine Mammal Health Assessment (CARMMHA), published a special article marking the 10th anniversary of Deepwater Horizon. -
Scientists Share Personal Experiences with Deepwater Horizon Research
Posted on April 23, 2020Researchers who have spent a decade studying impacts from the Deepwater Horizon incident offered their personal perspectives as they reflected upon the oil spill’s 10th anniversary in an engaging series titled “Deepwater Diaries.”
