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Grad Student Quas Analyzes Sediment Grain Size to Characterize Oil Behavior
Posted on January 26, 2017Oil droplets can attach to tiny sediment particles suspended in the water column, causing them to sink to the seafloor where they can linger for a long time. Sediment grain size influences if and how oil droplets are resuspended into the water column. -
Resiliency and Recovery Connections in Oiled Wetland Plant-Microbial-Benthic Ecosystem
Posted on January 24, 2017Marshes depend on a healthy, well-functioning complex of plants, microbes, and benthic communities to support the environmentally and economically important ecosystem services they offer, such as reducing storm surges and providing nursery grounds for many species. -
Study Summarizes Current Knowledge on Marine Oil Snow During and After Deepwater Horizon
Posted on January 19, 2017Scientists conducting oil spill research participated in the 2013 Marine Oil Snow Sedimentation and Flocculent Accumulation (MOSSFA) workshop. The researchers discussed the formation and fate of oil-associated marine snow and its ecological impacts on deep-sea environments and made recommendations for future marine oil snow research. -
Study Advances Predictions of Air Pollution from Oil Slick Evaporation
Posted on January 17, 2017Scientists ran model simulations for oil evaporation based on composition measurements of fresh Macondo crude oil and weathered surface oil from Deepwater Horizon slicks. -
Study Finds UVB Radiation Increases Oil Toxicity in Marine Copepod Larvae
Posted on January 12, 2017Scientists conducted laboratory exposure experiments to assess the effects of dispersed crude oil, Corexit 9500A dispersant, and natural ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation on early larval stages of planktonic copepods (“nauplii”). -
Colwell Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Posted on January 10, 2017The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) congratulates its Research Board Chair Dr. Rita Colwell for her selection as a National Academy of Inventors Fellow. -
Identifying the “Missing Link” Between River-Induced Fronts and Hydrocarbon Transport
Posted on January 5, 2017The flow of the Mississippi River into the northern Gulf of Mexico may have caused circulation patterns and fronts that significantly influenced the transport and fate of Deepwater Horizon oil. However, the Gulf’s complex topography and the proximity of variable oceanic currents to the Mississippi Delta make it difficult to monitor and model these processes. -
Sea Grant Releases Brochure on Oil Spill’s Mental Health Impacts
Posted on January 3, 2017The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative is pleased to announce a new informational brochure about how the Deepwater Horizon oil spill affected the mental health of some Gulf Coast residents. -
Study Provides 1st Large-Scale Blue Crab Transcriptome Resource for Insights into Oil Exposure
Posted on December 21, 2016Louisiana scientists conducted genetic sequencing on oil-exposed blue crabs to identify genes involved in the blue crabs’ short-term responses to oil. -
Investigating Louisiana Dolphins’ Reproductive Health After Deepwater Horizon
Posted on December 20, 2016Concern about how the Deepwater Horizon oil spill may continue to negatively affect wild bottlenose dolphins living in the spill’s footprint remains high.
