VIDEO OF THE WEEK The Mud and Blood Cruise – Part Four: Tracking Contamination The “Mud and Blood Cruise” is a two-week research mission that collects and analyzes fish and soil samples near the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. This week, the “mud team” launches a device that collects sediment samples from the…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK The Mud and Blood Cruise – Part Three: This Is Fishery Science The “Mud and Blood Cruise” is a two-week research mission that collects and analyzes fish and soil samples near the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. This week, the “blood team” studies a dozen different body parts to…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK The Mud and Blood Cruise – Part Two: Long-Lining The “Mud and Blood Cruise” is a two-week research mission that collects and analyzes fish and soil samples near the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. This week, we check-in with the long-line fishing operation that is catching a representative sample…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK The Mud and Blood Cruise – Part One The “Mud and Blood Cruise” is a two-week research mission that collects and analyzes fish and soil samples near the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. It’s divided into two phases: 1) mud = coring for sediment samples; 2) blood = studying…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK Failing Hearts: What Does Heart Failure in a Fish Look Like? Professor Ed Mager (University of Miami) examines larval mahi-mahi to determine oil toxicity in their hearts. The cardiac health of the mahi-mahi impacts its form, function, survival ability, and whether the population can fully recover in the Gulf of Mexico…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK Innovation: Cheng Li Cheng Li is a Ph.D. student at Johns Hopkins University. Part of his studies includes examining the fate of oil in oceanic flows and what wave breaking does to oil droplets with and without dispersants. Cheng designed the wave tank used by the research team at JHU’s School…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK I’m Thinking Nobel Prize… On the verge of what he believes is an amazing, earth-shattering, scientific breakthrough, Professor Steve DiMarco (Texas A&M University) discovers things are not always what they seem. [WATCH HERE] PODCAST OF THE WEEK GulfCast: Jon Moore: Discovering New Species Dr. Jon Moore and his team from Florida…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK Holy Cow Moments Before the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Dr. Mandy Joye made numerous dives to the floor of the Gulf of Mexico. Each trip was filled with wonderment and “holy cow” moments as she witnessed an underwater world teeming with amazing life. Since 2010, Mandy has made 17 dives and…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK Invasion of the Lionfish Lionfish are an invasive species that were introduced in U.S. waters off the coast of Florida in the late 1980s. They’ve been in the northern Gulf of Mexico since the summer of 2010. Throughout their invaded range, lionfish have had really dramatic effects on native fish populations….
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK Watermen of the Gulf Generations of watermen share their feelings about working and living along the Gulf of Mexico. [WATCH HERE] PODCAST OF THE WEEK GulfCast: Using Zooplankton to Detect Oil Contamination in Fish Graduate students Jana Herrmann and Carla Culpepper work in the University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Research…
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