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Study Improves Knowledge about Dispersants’ Net Effect on Oil Fate
Posted on April 7, 2016Scientists analyzed literature on surface oil dispersion processes to improve how (natural and chemical) dispersion could be quantified in oil spill prediction models. -
What Can Horse Flies Tell Us About Marsh Health?
Posted on April 5, 2016Greenhead horse fly larvae live in Spartina marshes and are the top predator in the coastal wetlands invertebrate food chain between Texas and Nova Scotia. -
Grad Student Timm Tracks Crustacean’s Oil Spill Recovery
Posted on March 31, 2016Laura Timm examines connections among shellfish ecology and evolution to help scientists understand how the Deepwater Horizon oil spill affected certain Gulf of Mexico species: “My work focuses on establishing pre-spill baselines and comparing them to samples taken 3-7 years after the oil spill, providing a timeline of crustacean recovery.” -
Study Shows Oiling Has Multiple Subtle Negative Effects on Submerged Vegetation
Posted on March 29, 2016Scientists conducted experiments to assess oil exposure effects on Ruppa maritima, a common underwater plant species in Gulf of Mexico estuaries. -
Smithsonian Features Blog about Sharing Gulf of Mexico Big Data
Posted on March 28, 2016The Smithsonian Ocean Portal posted a blog that describes the needs and challenges of sharing scientific data, especially unique data collected after a disaster such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. -
Study Links Recovery of Oiled Marsh with Return of Salt Marsh Vegetation
Posted on March 22, 2016Scientists studied the relationship between the resiliency of Louisiana salt marsh plants, invertebrates, and microbes in heavily-oiled sediment after the Deepwater Horizon spill. -
Grad Student Rogers Traces Gulf Oil as Scientific CSI
Posted on March 17, 2016Kelsey Rogers looks for evidence of oil and methane intrusion into Gulf of Mexico water and sediment, but finding these hydrocarbons is only the beginning of her work. Like a scientific crime scene investigator, Kelsey analyzes the chemical fingerprints of oil and gas and uses them to identify their source, such as from an oil spill or a natural seafloor seep. -
Creating Improved Dispersants and Delivery Systems for Oil Spill Mitigation
Posted on March 15, 2016Research about commercial dispersant safety has seen increased efforts to identify benign alternatives and improve current dispersant systems since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. -
Grad Student Pinales Designs “Smart” Oil-Spill Detection Tool
Posted on March 7, 2016Juan Pinales is working on a computational modelling system that will aid oil spill monitoring efforts. He combines Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data and oceanographic conditions recorded during the Deepwater Horizon incident to improve surface oil detection using a semi-automated machine learning method known as artificial neural networking. -
Sea Grant Releases Educational Brochures on Dispersants
Posted on March 3, 2016The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative is pleased to announce three new Sea Grant informational brochures about dispersants used during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
