Study Reveals Oil Spill Changed Oxygen Conditions in Gulf Sediment
A team of scientists from Eckerd College and University of South Florida conducted a time-series sediment study to better understand impacts from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
On the Move: University of West Florida
The University of West Florida Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation was recently awarded a grant totaling $231,000 by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative
The Deepwater Horizon Disaster Five Years Later
Late on the night of April 20, 2010, methane gas blew out from a wellhead a mile below the Gulf of Mexico. At a pressure 150 times greater than air at the Earth’s surface, the gas shot up through a drilling riser to the Deepwater Horizon oil platform and exploded, killing 11 workers.
Natural Oil Dispersion Mechanism Found For Deep-Ocean Blowout
A first-of-its-kind study observed how oil droplets are formed and measured their size under high pressure.
Opportunity: Program Assistant, C-IMAGE
This Program Assistant provides administrative and outreach support to the C-IMAGE (The Consortium for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems) research team funded by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI).
Study Finds High Pressure Inhibits Growth and Function of Oil-Degrading Microbes
Scientists at the Hamburg University of Technology conducted high-pressure biodegradation experiments simulating conditions at the Deepwater Horizon site.
Long-term Study of Mexican Oil Spill May Reveal Future Deepwater Horizon Impacts
The Harte Research Institute (HRI) for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will receive approximately $1.25 million over the next three years to work with Mexican colleagues in the southern Gulf of Mexico to look for residual impacts from the Ixtoc I oil spill of 1979-1980 on coastal areas, fisheries, and the deep sea.
USF Gets Grant to Study Oil Spill
Researchers at the University of South Florida have landed a $20.2 million grant to continue studying the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Study Finds Concurrent Rise and Fall of Fish Lesions and Oil Contamination
Florida scientists analyzed over 7,400 Gulf of Mexico fish representing 103 species for skin lesions after fishermen reported diseased fish after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Study Improves Tracking and Forecasting of Underwater Oil Plumes
Scientists used models, lab experiments, and observations from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to evaluate the importance of variables in oil transport and fate models, particularly those influencing underwater plume development.