On July 23, 2013 a marine gas rig (Hercules 265) ignited in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The rig burned out of control for two days before being extinguished. The C-IMAGE and CARTHE Consortia conducted a rapid-response sampling campaign near Hercules 265…
Robin Rowland, an Eckerd College art student, has collaborated with Claire Paris and Task 1 members to create a 3D sculpture of the Deepwater Horizon oil dispersion. Using dispersion models from Paris' group, Rowland's work - made entirely from test…
Registration for the 2016 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference ends 24 January 2016. Register here! Events of Interest During the Week of February 1-6, 2016 Monday, February 1, 2016 7:00pm-10:00pm …
Florida SeaGrant has implemented a "Friday Interview Series" with the 2014 Guy Harvey Scholars. What are the marine scientists of tomorrow doing? See the full interview with our very own Kristina Deak from the University of South Florida and Mote…
AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society and is an international non-profit organization “dedication to advancing science for the benefit of all people.” According to AAAS, “These individuals have been elevated to this rank because of their efforts toward…
The full conference report from the 2015 Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference can be downloaded here.
Years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, scientists around the Gulf of Mexico are still working to understand the effects that it had on the area’s ecosystem. These efforts include investigations zeroing in on impacts to the Gulf’s fish species.…
The role of Mississippi River discharge in offshore phytoplankton blooming in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico during August 2010. Brendan O'Connor, Frank E, Muller-Karger, Redwood W. Nero, Chuanmin Hu, Ernst B. Peebles. Remote Sensing of the Environment. February 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.11.004 Abstract: A…
A newly utilized mass spectrometry method, FTICR-MS, gives researchers the ability to screen lipid biomarkers found in sediments at a faster rate than before. A new publication from the University of Calgary-Department of Geosciences and C-IMAGE members details the possible…
We may never know precisely how oil spilled from the Deepwater Horizon well on April 20th, 2010, but C-IMAGE modelers are working hard to understand the intricacies of oil blowouts. Inok Jun is a PhD student at Texas A&M University…
