Summer 2018 – Education Spotlight – OCTOBER 12, 2018 (From Spring 2018 Newsletter) Several GoMRI-funded consortia participated in festivals and camps this summer. The Aggregation and Degradation of Dispersants and Oil by Microbial Exopolymers (ADDOMEx) consortium attended Artist Boat’s World Oceans Day Festival, held at Stewart Beach in Galveston, Texas, on June 8, 2018. The Consortium for…
GoMRI Outreach Coordinators Publish Recommendations Article in Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin – OCTOBER 12, 2018 (From Summer 2018 Newsletter) Contributing Authors: Tina Miller-Way, Sara Beresford, and Katie Fillingham Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) outreach coordinators Tina Miller- Way from the Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience (ACER), Sara Beresford from the Ecosystem Impacts of Oil…
Spring 2018 – Guest Frequently Asked Questions with Dr. Peter Brewer – JUNE 19, 2018 (From Spring 2018 Newsletter) Dr. Peter Brewer, GoMRI Research Board Member and co-chair of the GoMRI Data Management Committee, answered a few questions about the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC) and the legacy of GoMRI…
Spring 2018 – GoMRI Synthesis & Legacy – JUNE 19, 2018 (From Spring 2018 Newsletter) The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) will come to an end in 2020 after 10 years of dedicated research efforts to understand the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The GoMRI Research Board has begun to consider GoMRI’s legacy…
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…
Spring 2018 – Education Spotlight – JUNE 19, 2018 (From Spring 2018 Newsletter) The Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE) recently partnered with the ANGARI Foundation and MetOcean Telematics on a professional development opportunity for K-12 educators. The ANGARI Foundation’s mission is to promote “a global community that is…
Spring 2018 – Note from the Research Board Chair – JUNE 19, 2018 (From Spring 2018 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University GoMRI Community Recognizes the Eighth Anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill April 20, 2018 marked the eighth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Each year on…
Spring 2018 – GoMRI Researcher Interview with Dr. Andres Campiglia – JUNE 19, 2018 (From Spring 2018 Newsletter) Dr. Andres Campiglia from the University of Central Florida answered a few questions about his RFP-V project, A Combined Analytical and Synthetic Approach Based on Line Narrowing Spectroscopy for Specific Isomer Determination of Petroleum Oil Spills, and…
Winter 2018 – Education Spotlight – MARCH 29, 2018 (From Winter 2018 Newsletter) The Deep Pelagic Nekton Dynamics of the Gulf of Mexico (DEEPEND) consortium recently published a timeline featuring images of the incredible biodiversity they encountered during their five research cruises in the Gulf of Mexico from May 2015 to May 2017. It lists…
Winter 2018 – Frequently Asked Questions – MARCH 29, 2018 (From Winter 2018 Newsletter) Principal Investigator Dr. Eric Chassignet and Scientific Director Dr. Steve Moray from the Consortium for Simulation of Oil-Microbial Interactions in the Ocean (CSOMIO) and Principal Investigator Dr. Lori Schwacke from the Consortium for Advanced Research on Marine Mammal Health Assessment (CARMMHA)…