Major environmental disturbances such as oil spills can alter a marine ecosystem’s structure and even cause species losses or additions in impacted areas – changes which may have long-term consequences for an ecosystem’s functions.
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Scientists are finding fascinating discoveries in the largely unknown deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Some fishes, invertebrates, and bacteria have evolved a special adaptation to living in dark conditions using bioluminescence.
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Fall 2016 – Note from the Research Board Chair – NOVEMBER 28, 2016 (From Fall 2016 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University Announcing the Release of GoMRI’s Special Issue of Oceanography The Research Board is pleased to announce the release of the special issue of the journal Oceanography featuring the…
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Summertime & Fall Fieldwork – NOVEMBER 28, 2016 (From Fall 2016 Newsletter) To highlight the summer and fall research seasons, we asked the GoMRI-funded consortia to tell us what they’ve been working on by asking them three questions: What did your consortia do during the summer and fall field seasons? What was one of the…
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Fall 2016 – Frequently Asked Questions by Dr. Chuck Wilson – NOVEMBER 28, 2016 (From Fall 2016 Newsletter) Dr. Chuck Wilson, Chief Scientific Officer for the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI), answers a few frequently asked questions about the program. Question: GoMRI recently announced a call for research proposals (RFP- VI). What are the…
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Fall 2016 – GoMRI Researcher Interview with Dr. Scott Grayson – NOVEMBER 28, 2016 (From Fall 2016 Newsletter) Dr. Scott Grayson from Tulane University answered a few questions about his RFP-II project, Development of Cost-Efficient and Concentration-Independent Dispersants for Improved Oil Spill Remediation. 1. Thank you for talking with us! Tell us a bit about…
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GoMRI Attends 2016 Clean Gulf Conference in Tampa, FL – NOVEMBER 28, 2016 (From Fall 2016 Newsletter) Members of the GoMRI Management Team, as well as members of the Gulf Sea Grant Team and the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), attended the 2016 Clean Gulf Conference from November 1-3, 2016…
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CARTHE Partners with Local Organizations and Community in Bay Drift Study – NOVEMBER 28, 2016 (From Fall 2016 Newsletter) The Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE) was recently approached by the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens with a question they hoped CARTHE could help with. Museum members had been noticing…
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Fall 2016 – Education Spotlight – NOVEMBER 28, 2016 (From Fall 2016 Newsletter) ECOGIG: ECOGIG recently launched this season’s Science and the Stadium events. This year, ECOGIG is traveling with their Ocean Discovery Zone exhibit to other institutions within their consortium, and their first event of the fall season took place at Penn State in…
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Something very unusual—perhaps ominous—is happening with the dolphinfish population off the southeastern United States.
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