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Study Ranks Parameters in Oil Biodegradation Models and Quantifies Dispersant Effects
Posted on January 9, 2020Scientists compared oil biodegradation model parameters and ran simulations to understand the relative importance of variables that affect predictions for oil fate from a deep-water release. -
Dr. Tracey Sutton Receives NSU Provost’s Research and Scholarship Award
Posted on January 7, 2020The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) congratulates Dr. Tracey Sutton for being honored with the Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Provost’s Research and Scholarship Award. -
![(from Futurity / January 6, 2020) Researchers may have solved the mystery of what caused the death of the large and colorful reefs about 100 miles from the Galveston coast […]](https://gulfresearchinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/GOMRIintheNews-125x125.png "Double whammy killed coral reefs off Texas coast")
Double whammy killed coral reefs off Texas coast
Posted on January 6, 2020(from Futurity / January 6, 2020) Researchers may have solved the mystery of what caused the death of the large and colorful reefs about 100 miles from the Galveston coast […] -
Nine years of research on BP spill, dispersants documents potential human health, mental health effects
Posted on January 3, 2020(from The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate / by Mark Schleifstein / January 2, 2020) Nearly a decade of BP-funded research has uncovered a laundry list of potential health […] -
GoMRI Mourns the Passing of Dr. Ciro V. Sumaya
Posted on December 20, 2019It is with deep sadness that the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) shares that Dr. Ciro V. Sumaya passed away on Sunday December 1, 2019. Dr. Sumaya, who served on the GoMRI Research Board since the program’s inception, was a medical doctor who specialized in pediatric infectious diseases. -
Sea Grant Publication Describes Technologies for Detecting and Monitoring Marine Oil Spills
Posted on December 18, 2019The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) is pleased to announce a new Sea Grant publication on technologies that complement traditional ship, satellite, and mooring-based tools that researchers use to study oil spills, including Deepwater Horizon. -
![The University of Southern Mississippi is currently accepting applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Biological Oceanography. Special Instructions to Applicants Applications must be submitted through the jobs.usm.edu candidate […]](https://gulfresearchinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/job_pic-125x125.jpg "Opportunity: University of Southern Mississippi, Assistant Professor of Biological Oceanography")
Opportunity: University of Southern Mississippi, Assistant Professor of Biological Oceanography
Posted on December 12, 2019The University of Southern Mississippi is currently accepting applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Biological Oceanography. Special Instructions to Applicants Applications must be submitted through the jobs.usm.edu candidate […] -
Study Demonstrates High School Teaching Method for Oil Spill Science
Posted on December 10, 2019University of New Orleans doctoral student Kendal Leftwich, who is a member of the LADC-GEMM research consortium investigating how Deepwater Horizon affected large marine mammals, created and implemented a year-long physics methodology to engage high school students in university research. -
Why Grad Student Keller’s Marriage of Polymers and Nanoparticles Causes Oil to Break Up
Posted on December 5, 2019Because oil and water don’t mix easily, oil droplets in the ocean environment tend to aggregate into larger masses, which hinders microbial degradation. -
Margaret Leinen Selected for AGU’s 2019 Ambassador Award
Posted on December 3, 2019The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) congratulates its Research Board Vice Chair Dr. Margaret Leinen for receiving the 2019 American Geophysical Union’s Ambassador Award.
