VIDEO OF THE WEEK: World Oceans Day Tomorrow is World Oceans Day – a global day of ocean education, action, and celebration. The goal is to find solutions to support a healthier ocean and a better future. Last year, Professor Mandy Joye (University of Georgia) held an interactive marine science workshop for elementary school children. How…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK Where Did the Oil Go? To the causal observer, it’s hard to believe that the Gulf of Mexico is still under stress seven years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The flotilla of boats surrounding the BP blowout site is gone and oil exploration has resumed in the Gulf. Tourists have…
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Green Connections Radio Interview: Movies, Environment – Marilyn Weiner, Screenscope Films Click the green arrow below to play the interview: “Find another way.” We all know the power of movies to move us. Emmy-Award-winning documentary filmmaker – and co-executive producer of the documentary “Dispatches From the Gulf” about the scientific impact of the 2010 Deepwater…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK What’s At Stake? The Gulf of Mexico’s coastal wetlands and marshes are home to thousands of species of plants and animals – and its beaches help support a hundred billion-dollar tourist industry. It’s also a place whose waters provide 40% of the commercial seafood caught in the lower 48 States. After…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK A Treadmill for Fish Dr. Martin Grosell (University of Miami) replicates how mahi-mahi swim in the wild in order to determine how environmental disturbances – particularly oil spills – impact their development and life cycles. [WATCH HERE] PODCAST OF THE WEEK GulfCast: Steve Murawski: “I’m a Fish Guy” During an event…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK Exquisite Mud: A History Book of the Gulf of Mexico A team of researchers from the University of South Florida uses a multi-corer to obtain deep sediment cores from the Gulf of Mexico. Back in the lab, they analyze the layers of sediment and build a history of the Gulf, with…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK The Mud and Blood Cruise The Weatherbird embarks on a two-week research cruise in the Gulf of Mexico with a mission to collect and analyze fish and soil samples near the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Dave Hollander and Steve Murawski from the University of South Florida lead the…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK The CSI Effect: Using Forensics to Study Oil Spills When scientists couple the practices of geology with the strategies of crime scene forensics, they are able to look at an incident from every angle: “The present is the key to the past, but the past provides a window into the future.”…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK The Psychological Impact of an Oil Spill Watermen, oil field workers, and those dependent upon tourism for their livelihood still struggle with anger and anxiety years after the Deepwater Horizon explosion. For generations, these Gulf residents have rebounded quickly from natural disasters. For the first time in their lives, they are…
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