Opportunity: Postdoctoral Research Associate, LUMCON
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium seeks a Postdoctoral Research Associate for a project on benthic phytoplankton community ecology related to the BP DW oil spill.
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Four UL-Lafayette Professors Honored With Eminent Faculty Awards
Four professors — in the fields of biology, environmental science, mathematics and music — have been named recipients of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Foundation’s Eminent Faculty Awards.
Study Explains Pathways for Oiled Marine Snow Formation
University of California Marine Science Institute researcher Uta Passow investigated the formation of aggregated oil and organic material, commonly called marine snow, after the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Five Years Later: The Effects Of The Oil Spill
The five year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is less than a month away. Our beaches along the Gulf Coast are clean, but it’s estimated some four to 10 percent of the oil is still on the bottom of the Gulf.
Screenscope Releases Trailer for “Dispatches from the Gulf”
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurred 1,500 meters deep in the Gulf of Mexico, releasing approximately 3.19 million barrels of oil.
Award Winning Video Teaches Drone Technology for Oil Spill Research
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative congratulates the CARTHE research team for their first place award-winning video Drones at the Beach.
Professor Contributes to Research on Oil Spills
Researching oceanic oil spills can be difficult when you work at a landlocked university like UC Merced.
Rita Colwell ECO Editorial on Building Better Dispersants
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative is pleased to announce that Research Board Chair Dr. Rita Colwell published an editorial in the March 2015 Environmental, Coastal, and Offshore (ECO) Magazine.
Understanding Influences on Microbial Responses to Oil Spills
ADDOMEx studies microbial biofilms’ impacts on oil and dispersants
UL-Lafayette Team Heads Back to Gulf to Determine BP Disaster Effect on Whales, Dolphins
Looking to answer the question of how the BP oil disaster five years ago affected whales and dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico, a research team is returning to the Gulf.