Dispatches from the Gulf – JUNE 19, 2018 (From Spring 2018 Newsletter) Screenscope Films recently hosted several regional screenings of Dispatches from the Gulf 2. The film was shown at the Gasparilla International Film Festival on March 24 in St. Petersburg, Florida and at the Salty Cinema IV Offshore Oil and Gas Film Festival, held…
Oil Spill Scientists, Responders, and GoMRI Community Gather in New Orleans for 2018 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference – MARCH 29, 2018 (From Winter 2018 Newsletter) The 2018 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science (GoMOSES) conference was held from February 5-8, 2018 at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans,…
C-IMAGE Partners with Marine Technology Society on TechSurge – MARACH 29, 2018 (From Winter 2018 Newsletter) Contributing Author: Sherryl Gilbert, C-IMAGE Assistant Director The Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of the Gulf Ecosystem (C-IMAGE) partnered with the Marine Technology Society (MTS) to host a TechSurge event on February 5, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The…
CONCORDE Partners with Local Fishers on Citizen Science Initiative – DECEMBER 18, 2017 (From Fall 2017 Newsletter) Contributing Author: Jessie Kastler, CONCORDE Education and Outreach Coordinator Following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, scientists, including those now working with the Consortium for Oil Spill Exposure Pathways in Coastal River-Dominated Ecosystems (CONCORDE), heard many questions about the spill from…
GoMRI and Screenscope Films Announce Dispatches from the Gulf 2: Research • Innovation • Discovery – DECEMBER 18, 2017 (From Fall 2017 Newsletter) Contributing Authors: Rebecca Howland and Sam Sheline The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI), the GoMRI Research Board, and Screenscope Films are pleased to announce the release of Dispatches from the Gulf…
CARTHE Concludes Year One of Bay Drift Citizen Science Project – SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 (From Summer 2017 Newsletter) The Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE) recently concluded a year-long citizen science project called the Biscayne Bay Drift Card Study (or Bay Drift), which began last September to better understand…
RFP-V Researcher Dr. Sunshine Van Bael Hosts Workshops for Elementary and Middle School- Aged Kids – SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 (From Summer 2017 Newsletter) Dr. Sunshine Van Bael, principal investigator of the RFP-V project Chemical Evolution and Plant-Microbe Degradation of Petroleum in Saline Marsh Plants and Soil, and her colleagues recently hosted a series of workshops in Louisiana…
GoMRI Attends 2017 International Oil Spill Conference – JUNE 18, 2017 (From Spring 2017 Newsletter) The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) attended the 2017 International Oil Spill Conference (IOSC) from May 15-18 in Long Beach, California. Members of the GoMRI Management Team (GMT), the Gulf Sea Grant Oil Spill Science Outreach Team, and the…
High School Senior Presents Research at 2017 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference – JUNE 8, 2017 (From Spring 2017 Newsletter) Ansley Chaplin is a senior at Davidson High School in Mobile, Alabama. Last summer, she was awarded the Russell Quackenbush scholarship, offered by Dr. Jeff Krause and funded by the National…
C-IMAGE Launches Beneath the Horizon Interactive Website – JUNE 8, 2017 (From Spring 2017 Newsletter) On April 20, 2017, the seventh anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of the Gulf Ecosystem (C-IMAGE) launched a new website called Beneath the Horizon (BeneaththeHorizon. org). The interactive site shares…