Lights, camera, oil bubbles!
In northern New Jersey, on the edge of Sandy Hook Bay, the US Department of Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement operates the largest outdoor saltwater wave tank in North Continue Reading →
Winners of the 2018 Ocean 180 Video Challenge
CARTHE + Waterlust video awarded top prize in the 2018 Ocean 180 Video Challenge!! For several years, CARTHE scientists, based at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine & Continue Reading →
ArtSea
CARTHE recently participated in a unique seaside festival that brings art and marine conservation together in a beautiful day of music, art, education, and science! ArtSea Festival At our “Go Continue Reading →
CARTHE receives 3rd GoMRI grant
CARTHE has been awarded another highly competitive research grant from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI), providing 2 more years of funding to complete our mission that started in 2012. Continue Reading →
New statistical model to aid in prediction of oil, trash, and fish transport
University of Miami scientists develop new statistical model to aid in prediction of oil, trash, and fish transport By Philippe Miron and Laura Bracken Offshore oil exploration, oil spill contingency Continue Reading →
CARTHE drifters are surveying currents in the Gulf with NOAA’s GOMECC-3 cruise
Originally posted in the NOAA GOMECC-3 blog New biodegradable surface drifters to survey the ocean currents of the Gulf Over the next few weeks, researchers on the NOAA research vessel, Ronald H. Continue Reading →
Drifter Study Tracks Oil Near Damaged Platform and Mississippi Delta
Scientists gain a better understanding of how spilled oil moves in the Gulf of Mexico Scientists at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science (UM) and Continue Reading →
CARTHE drifters track Miami sewage leak
On Tuesday, June 20, 2017, a 63 inch sewage pipe broke and began leaking into the Biscayne Canal, according to a No Contact with Water advisory issued by Miami Dade Continue Reading →
A message from our Director
A message from CARTHE director Tamay Ozgokmen at the conclusion of SPLASH: I would like to congratulate everybody who has participated in SPLASH, because this was an experiment that was truly Continue Reading →
Work hard, play hard
Over the past month, the CARTHE team has worked tirelessly to conduct an elaborate experiment with hundreds of pieces of equipment and nearly as many people. We have overcome challenges, Continue Reading →