JOIN US AT GASPARILLA! Dispatches from the Gulf 2 will have its Florida premiere at the Gasparilla International Film Festival in Tampa/St. Petersburg. Saturday, March 24, 2018 @ 4:00 pm AMC Sundial 151 2nd Ave N St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Follow this link for screening tickets. Want a more immersive experience? Then attend the VIP…
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Join Us at the DC Environmental Film Festival The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative invites you and a guest to the world premiere screening of “Dispatches from the Gulf 2” at the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital. Tuesday, March 20, 2018 7:00 pm – Screening Followed by a Panel Discussion with esteemed scientists…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK How to Measure Fish Without Causing Harm Will Patterson and Joe Tarnecki of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab use a Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle (ROV) to make estimates about fish populations on Gulf reefs. The ROV has lasers that measure the fish without having to bring them to the surface, which…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK Meet Dean Grubbs: Building Baseline Data for Large Gulf Fish Join Dean Grubbs and his team searching for amazing deep sea creatures of the Gulf of Mexico during an intense 24/7 research cruise. [WATCH HERE] PODCAST OF THE WEEK GulfCast: The Psychological Impacts of an Oil Spill Watermen, oil field workers,…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK Meet Tracy Harvey: The Next Generation of Oceanographers Tracy Harvey has always been fascinated by marine and fresh water ecosystems. She brings that passion to her graduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Marine Science. [WATCH HERE] PODCAST OF THE WEEK GulfCast: Eureka Moments: Inspiration Comes from…
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GoMOSES Conference We are at the GoMOSES Conference this week, so there is no newsletter. Check back next week. Cheers! 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…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK Scientific Collaborations: Thousands of Researchers Studying Deepwater Horizon “Dispatches from the Gulf 2” chronicles the unprecedented scientific effort still taking place in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Thousands of scientists have formed an international team working together to better understand the impacts of the oil on everything from…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK Tracking Ocean Currents (Part 2) As the mission continues, the researchers are being tossed around by rough seas. They call in air support to give them a better idea of their forecast. Fortunately, the weather turns and the team is able to deploy the drifters. Their goal is to predict where…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK Tracking Ocean Currents (Part 1) A team of scientists is embarking on a unique mission to better understand the world’s oceans. Two large research vessels hold more than 1,000 devices called drifters that will be thrown overboard—at very careful intervals, in a very specific pattern—to see where they drift. Real-time data…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK European Partners Thousands of miles from the Gulf of Mexico, scientists in Norway and Germany are collaborating with Johns Hopkins and the University of South Florida on oil spill studies. Researchers created a tower basin to recreate the conditions of a deep-sea oil well blow out in miniature. This impressive set…
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