Research on Oil Transport that Informs Spill Response
April 20, 2015
(GoMRI) The first in a three-part series of GoMRI science-for-response articles If another oil spill were to occur in the Gulf of Mexico today, have there been scientific advances and new tools developed that could better inform response decisions? Have communication and collaboration among scientists and responders improved? Yes and yes. Recently, consortia directors and […]
read articleFive Things The Gulf Oil Spill Has Taught Us About the Ocean
While researching the spill, scientists tracked deep-sea sharks, found new mud dragons, and discovered a type of ocean current By Hannah Waters smithsonian.com The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill is considered the largest accidental marine spill in U.S. history and a disaster for human and non-human communities along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. […]
read article5 years after BP spill, drillers push into riskier depths
By CAIN BURDEAU Associated Press 04/20/2015 ON THE GULF OF MEXICO Five years after the nation’s worst offshore oil spill, the industry is working on drilling even further into the risky depths beneath the Gulf of Mexico to tap massive deposits once thought unreachable. Opening this new frontier, miles below the bottom of the Gulf, […]
read articleAward Winning Video Teaches Drone Technology for Oil Spill Research
March 17, 2015
(GoMRI) The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative congratulates the CARTHE research team for their first place award-winning video Drones at the Beach. Over 37,000 middle school students across twenty-one countries selected the winning ocean science research videos after a two-month evaluation of the top entries that best explained scientific results and significance. The Florida Center […]
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