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Studies Examine Public Health Issues Following Deepwater Horizon
Posted on July 22, 2020Large environmental disasters can have a wide range of impacts on communities in affected areas, yet we have a limited understanding about how disasters affect public health. -
![(From Farewell 2020 Newsletter) Contributing Author: Callan Yanoff Over three years ago, in April of 2017, a small group of GoMRI Research Board members got together to begin considering how to […]](https://gulfresearchinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/SynthesisLegacy-125x125.png "Farewell 2020 – GoMRI Synthesis & Legacy")
Farewell 2020 – GoMRI Synthesis & Legacy
Posted on July 15, 2020(From Farewell 2020 Newsletter) Contributing Author: Callan Yanoff Over three years ago, in April of 2017, a small group of GoMRI Research Board members got together to begin considering how to […] -
![(From Farewell 2020 Newsletter) At the GoMRI Synthesis Symposium in February, several GoMRI Scholars took part in a panel focused on the future, representing all of the students who have […]](https://gulfresearchinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/Interview-125x125.png "Farewell 2020 – GoMRI Scholars Interview")
Farewell 2020 – GoMRI Scholars Interview
Posted on July 15, 2020(From Farewell 2020 Newsletter) At the GoMRI Synthesis Symposium in February, several GoMRI Scholars took part in a panel focused on the future, representing all of the students who have […] -
![(From Fall 2019 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University Nearly 10 years ago, I received a phone call from Dr. Ellen Williams, then chief scientist […]](https://gulfresearchinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/RBChairNote_v2-125x125.png "Farewell 2020 – Note from the Research Board Chair")
Farewell 2020 – Note from the Research Board Chair
Posted on July 15, 2020(From Fall 2019 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University Nearly 10 years ago, I received a phone call from Dr. Ellen Williams, then chief scientist […] -
![(From Farewell 2020 Newsletter) The Consortium for Simulation of Oil-Microbial Interactions in the Ocean (CSOMIO) created a middle school science curriculum called “Modeling the Gulf” to help students make connections […]](https://gulfresearchinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/Zac-and-Molly_Reef1024-125x125.jpg "Farewell 2020 – Education Spotlight")
Farewell 2020 – Education Spotlight
Posted on July 15, 2020(From Farewell 2020 Newsletter) The Consortium for Simulation of Oil-Microbial Interactions in the Ocean (CSOMIO) created a middle school science curriculum called “Modeling the Gulf” to help students make connections […] -
![(From Farewell 2020 Newsletter) Ten years ago, July 15, 2010, the well below the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil rig was capped after discharging gas and light sweet crude oil into […]](https://gulfresearchinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/Capping_off_Schematic-125x125.png "Capping Off the Decade of GoMRI")
Capping Off the Decade of GoMRI
Posted on July 15, 2020(From Farewell 2020 Newsletter) Ten years ago, July 15, 2010, the well below the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil rig was capped after discharging gas and light sweet crude oil into […] -
![(From Farewell 2020 Newsletter) For this farewell newsletter issue, we asked a group of individuals from across GoMRI a few Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about their experience as part of […]](https://gulfresearchinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/FAQ_v3-125x125.png "Farewell 2020 – Frequently Asked Questions")
Farewell 2020 – Frequently Asked Questions
Posted on July 15, 2020(From Farewell 2020 Newsletter) For this farewell newsletter issue, we asked a group of individuals from across GoMRI a few Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about their experience as part of […] -
Grad Student Altomare Analyzes Health Risks to Children Playing in Oiled Beaches
Posted on July 15, 2020Deepwater Horizon oil impacted over 1,700 km of Gulf of Mexico coastline and prompted 89 beach closures, largely due to uncertainty about health risks associated with oil contamination. -
Smithsonian Highlights Discoveries on the Super Powers of Oil-Degrading Bacteria
Posted on July 8, 2020The Smithsonian’s Ocean Portal published an article that describes some of the discoveries that scientists have made about microbes in the Gulf of Mexico. -
Grad Student Pandya Investigates How Wind and Waves Influence Airborne Transport of Oil
Posted on July 1, 2020Hydrocarbons from oil slicks floating on the ocean’s surface can be aerosolized by evaporation, breaking waves and bursting bubbles.
