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![New funding opportunity: $5 million available to advance understanding of Gulf coastal ecosystems and their interactions with natural processes and human activities The Gulf Research Program is offering up to […]](https://gulfresearchinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/job_pic-125x125.jpg "New funding opportunity: $5 million available to advance understanding of Gulf coastal ecosystems and their interactions")
New funding opportunity: $5 million available to advance understanding of Gulf coastal ecosystems and their interactions
Posted on March 28, 2019New funding opportunity: $5 million available to advance understanding of Gulf coastal ecosystems and their interactions with natural processes and human activities The Gulf Research Program is offering up to […] -
Study Provides Insights into Indirect Effects on Food Webs from Oiled Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
Posted on March 28, 2019Scientists conducted laboratory experiments to assess how oil affects the chemical composition of submerged vegetation (Ruppia maritima) and subsequent effects on how organisms feed on oil-exposed plants. -
Grad Student Hackbusch Pressures Marine Microbes for Information
Posted on March 26, 2019The Deepwater Horizon incident occurred at 1500 m depth, where the pressure is approximately 15 MPa, but little is known about how such high pressure affects the metabolic processes involved with oil biodegradation for bacteria that live there. -
Attention Oil Spill Researchers! Special Invitation to Participate in IOSC 2020
Posted on March 21, 2019The Research Board for the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) is encouraging its science community to submit abstracts for the 2020 International Oil Spill Conference (IOSC) by May 15, 2019. -
Study Creates Microcosm That Mimics Bacteria Encountering Rising Oil Droplets
Posted on March 19, 2019Scientists developed a platform at environmentally-relevant scales to advance the study of oil-water interface interactions, biofilm formation, and particle dispersion. -
New Sea Grant Fact Sheet On Federal Laws and Policies that Govern Oil Spill Response
Posted on March 7, 2019The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative is pleased to announce a new Sea Grant product that gives a concise overview of the Stafford Act (1988) and the Oil Pollution Act (1990) that govern oil spill response. -
Study Reveals Corals’ Cellular Response to Oil and Dispersant Exposure
Posted on March 5, 2019Scientists used next-generation sequencing to analyze deep-sea corals following the Deepwater Horizon incident. -
Joseph Katz Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Posted on February 28, 2019The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) congratulates Dr. Joseph Katz on his election to the National Academy of Engineering 2019 class, one of the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. -
Study Estimates Larger-than-Expected Oil Footprint Near the Damaged Taylor Energy Platform
Posted on February 26, 2019Researchers analyzed remote sensing imagery to assess oil slicks near the Taylor Energy platform, which was damaged by Hurricane Ivan in September 2004, and determined how environmental conditions affected the slicks’ distributions. -
![Many ocean forecast models treat the upper 1 meter of the water column, which plays a central role in ocean material transport, as a single layer. However, recent research shows […]](https://gulfresearchinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/CARTHE_Scholar_JohnLidel_Baydrift_drifter_credit-Diana-Udel_RSMAS_slider-125x125.jpg "Grad Student Lodise Deconstructs Drifter Velocities to Understand How Wind Influences Currents")
Grad Student Lodise Deconstructs Drifter Velocities to Understand How Wind Influences Currents
Posted on February 20, 2019Many ocean forecast models treat the upper 1 meter of the water column, which plays a central role in ocean material transport, as a single layer. However, recent research shows […]
