LASER Focus Advances Knowledge of How Gulf of Mexico Water Moves
April 12, 2016
(GoMRI) April 12, 2016 CARTHE conducts unprecedented experiment to improve oil fate models Predictions for decisions – our world relies on them, from daily weather to annual financial forecasts. Predictions, though, are only as good as the information that goes into making them. And those predictions carry even more weight when they involve human safety […]
read articleOne thousand drifters and one future satellite in the Gulf of Mexico
April 1, 2016
AVISO :: Image of the Month – April 2016 The Gulf of Mexico shows a number of interesting oceanic features. The Loop Current for example enters the Gulf by the strait between the Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba, and makes a loop that goes more or less deep. Sometimes, this loop breaks, and forms a lone […]
read articleOcean Current in Gulf of Mexico Linked to Red Tide
January 12, 2016
Results can help provide warning of red tide conditions in Florida’s coastal regions January 12, 2016 MIAMI – A new study found that a major ocean current in the Gulf of Mexico plays an important role in sustaining Florida red tide blooms. The University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science research […]
read articleGrad Student Hamilton Hunts Oil Using Microbes
November 11, 2015
(GoMRI) November 11, 2015 Bryan Hamilton never planned to be a microbiologist, but when the opportunity arose to study microbes that produce biosurfactant in response to oil exposure, he was drawn in completely. His research investigated the potential connection between these microbes and natural surface slicks and if this connection could help scientists detect oil […]
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