Oil Spill Scientists and GoMRI Community Gather in Tampa

Oil Spill Scientists and GoMRI Community Gather in Tampa – MARCH 31, 2016 (From Spring 2016 Newsletter) This year’s Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference took place from February 1-4, 2016 at the Tampa Marriott Waterside in Tampa, Florida. More than 975 people from 16 countries, including the U.S., participated in the…

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Dispatches from the Gulf Documentary Features GoMRI Scientists

Dispatches from the Gulf Documentary Features GoMRI Scientists – MARCH 31, 2016 (From Spring 2016 Newsletter) Screenscope, Inc. has completed production of the Dispatches from the Gulf documentary film, which features scientists working to better understand the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Dispatches from the Gulf is the newest episode in the Journey…

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Mark Besonen and Gene Turner extracting marsh core. Photo Source: Mike Parsons.

Slice ‘n Dice

Slice ‘n Dice – MARCH 31, 2016 (From Spring 2016 Newsletter) Provided by Dr. Nancy Rabalais, CWC Director The sediment core group from Coastal Waters Consortium-II held their first expedition into the marshes of Terrebonne Bay in December 2015 to collect pond and marsh sediment cores for examining the historical trends in phytoplankton composition and…

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Staff from the GoMRI Management Team interacts with conference attendees at the GoMRI booth. Photo Credit: Lauren Showalter.

GoMRI Attends 2016 Ocean Sciences Meeting in New Orleans

GoMRI Attends 2016 Ocean Sciences Meeting in New Orleans – MARCH 31, 2016 (From Spring 2016 Newsletter) Members of the GoMRI scientific community and management team attended Ocean Sciences from February 21-26, 2016 in New Orleans, LA. The management team hosted a booth in the exhibit hall, which provided the opportunity for GoMRI scientists who…

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GoMRI Inspires Citizen Scientists

GoMRI Inspires Citizen Scientists – December 10, 2015 (From Fall 2015 Newsletter) GoMRI is helping to inspire members of the general public to become citizen scientists. These are just a few stories of people who are interested in oil spill science and have developed their own projects, or volunteered to help with projects, that are…

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AUV Jubilee teachers aboard the R/V Point Sur. From left: John Dupuis, David Wehunt, Noel Lamey, Jessie Kastler, Kristen Smith, Sandy Salvage, Lisa Wu, Darlene Rutledge, Lesley Magee, Carolanne Grogan, Aaron Lamey. Provided by Jessie Kastler/CONCORDE.

AUV Jubilee

AUV Jubilee – August 26, 2015 (From Summer 2015 Newsletter) CONCORDE coordinates Gulf-wide data collection event and teacher education program. Provided by Jessica Kastler (Outreach Coordinator, GoMRI CONCORDE) and Ryan Vandermeulen (University of Southern Mississippi) The AUV Jubilee was a premier event to coordinate autonomous underwater vehicles, known as AUVs or gliders, and other in…

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Highlights from the 2015 Summer Field Season

Highlights from the 2015 Summer Field Season – August 26, 2015 (From Summer 2015 Newsletter) Summer is a busy time for GoMRI scientists and they have been hard at work! Read on to see what some of the Consortia and RFP-II scientists have been up to this summer! RECOVER A team of scientists, professional anglers, and…

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Community Reflects on Fifth Anniversary of Deepwater Horizon

Community Reflects on Fifth Anniversary of Deepwater Horizon – June 15, 2015 (From Spring 2015 Newsletter) It has been five years since the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, which began on April 20, 2010 and lasted for 87 days. The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative was created in response to the disaster, to help…

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