Deepwater 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.
The Smithsonian’s Ocean Portal published an article that describes some of the discoveries that scientists have made about microbes in the Gulf of Mexico.
There is now a novel way to reach audiences and help spark their interest in ocean science that involves the very popular world of video gaming. Launched by E-Line Media in conjunction with the BBC and researchers involved with their Blue Planet II series, the single-player narrative adventure Beyond Blue takes players deep into our ocean’s mysterious and fascinating world.
Posted on July 18, 2019
Scientist and author M. Mitchell Waldrop accompanied researchers, funded by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, as they conducted the largest experimental simulation to-date of the Deepwater Horizon oil intrusion.
Posted on July 12, 2018
The deep-pelagic habitat (200 m depth to just above the seabed) is the largest habitat in the Gulf of Mexico, yet we know very little about it compared to coastal and shallow-water habitats.
Posted on July 20, 2017
Gulf-wide baseline for oil pollution monitoring complete! Marine scientists advanced academic relations between the U.S. and Cuba during an 18-day research expedition (May 8-25) off the northwest coast of the island nation.
Posted on July 14, 2016
The active environment of the Gulf of Mexico’s continental slope contains diverse currents that are difficult to simulate and predict.
Spartina alterniflora plant trait measurements along Bay Jimmy, Louisiana from 2013-01-15 to 2013-06-15 -- data link
Particulate organic carbon, microbial activities and abundance from sediment incubation aboard R/V Endeavor cruise EN527 from 2013-06-20 to 2013-06-30 -- data link
Dataset for "Biofilms at interfaces: microbial distribution in floating films" -- data link
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Upcoming Webinars Hosted by the Sea Grant Oil Spill Outreach Team
Oysters. A July 27th webinar from 1 - 2 PM Central Time is titled"Increasing Resilience of Wild and Farmed Oysters Before, During, and After an Oil Spill." Register here. Another oyster webinar is planned during August (TBD) titled "How Oil spill Response Decisions Affect Oysters." The first webinar in this series was held in June titled "Oysters: Adapting to a Changing Gulf, A Three-Part Series." More information is available at https://gulfseagrant.org/oilspilloutreach/presentations/oysters-adapting-to-a-changing-gulf/.
