Dispatches E-News: Happy New Year (01/03/18)

Happy New Year Wishing everyone a joyful 2018. Dispatches from the Gulf 1: Science • Community • Recovery In the years after Deepwater Horizon – the biggest oil spill in U.S. history – a global team of scientists is working together to understand its environmental impact on humans, wildlife, and the ecosystem with the ultimate…
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Dispatches E-News: Happy Holidays! (12/27/17)

Happy Holidays! — The “Dispatches From The Gulf” team. Dispatches from the Gulf 1: Science • Community • Recovery In the years after Deepwater Horizon – the biggest oil spill in U.S. history – a global team of scientists is working together to understand its environmental impact on humans, wildlife, and the ecosystem with the…
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Dispatches E-News: Underwater Blizzards, We Won’t Leave Our Dead Behind & One Brilliant Woman (11/29/17)

VIDEO OF THE WEEK Underwater Blizzards The Gulf of Mexico contains a dazzling array of tiny animals including bacteria, algae, and jellyfish. When they die, they mix with decaying plant material and fecal matter to form white fluffy bits that slowly fall toward the seafloor. This phenomenon is known as “marine snow” and it forms…
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Dispatches E-News: Happy Thanksgiving (11/22/17)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING The “Dispatches From The Gulf” team wishes everyone a happy holiday. Dispatches from the Gulf 1: Science • Community • Recovery In the years after Deepwater Horizon – the biggest oil spill in U.S. history – a global team of scientists is working together to understand its environmental impact on humans, wildlife, and…
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Dispatches from the Gulf – E-News (11/01/17)

VIDEO OF THE WEEK Marshes: Good News & Bad News Professor Ed Overton and his team from LSU are monitoring the condition of Louisiana’s coastal marshes. These marshes are nursery grounds for the northern Gulf of Mexico fisheries. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill flowed down into crab burrows and stayed buried along the beaches….
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