Researchers complete Deepwater Horizon zone research
An international team of researchers has completed a seven-year baseline study of fish populations in the Gulf of Mexico in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Call for Papers: Marine Technology Society Journal Special Edition
The recent TechSurge: Advancing Oil Spill Research brought together the GoMRI and Marine Technology Society (MTS) communities to share research results and discuss how they might work together to better prepare for future oil spills.
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.
Florida Gets $34 Million Oil Spill Grant for Conservation
Florida has received $34.3 million in conservation grants from a settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Podcasts Highlight International Partners in High Pressure World of Deep Sea Research
Scientists half a world away from the Deepwater Horizon site are getting the first close glimpse of how oil likely behaved deep underwater during the spill
Modeling Study Adds Evidence that Oil Compounds Traveled to West Florida Shelf
Scientists from the University of South Florida used circulation models to conduct a tracer simulation and compared output patterns with ecological analyses to determine the possibility that hydrocarbons from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill could have moved onto the West Florida Shelf
Podcasts and Videos Share GoMRI Oil Spill Research with a Broader Audience
Scientists conducting research to understand the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are increasingly using sights and sounds to share their explorations and discoveries.
‘Dirty Blizzard’ May Account For Missing Deepwater Horizon Oil
Oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill acted as a catalyst for plankton and other surface materials to clump together and fall to the sea floor in a massive sedimentation event that researchers are calling a “dirty blizzard.”
GoMRI Mourns the Passing of Dr. Flower, Member of C-IMAGE and DEEP-C
It is with deep sadness that we share the news that Professor Ben Flower, a faculty member at the University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science, passed away Sunday morning at Bayfront Hospital in Saint Petersburg, FL.
USF Researcher: Cactus Can Clean Up Oil Spills
Associate professor of chemical engineering Norma Alcantar is filing for an international patent for a cactus mucilage as an oil dispersant.