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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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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VIDEO OF THE WEEK Centers of Innovation: Out of the Field and Into the Lab Far from the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, thousands of scientists are working together to fully understand the implications of the oil spill. And this is where their work usually begins – in research laboratories that are centers…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK Secrets from the Deep (Part 2) Marine scientist Dean Grubbs and his team set long-lines for sharks, including some of the biggest predatory species in the world, like tiger sharks and the elusive, deep-dwelling sixgill shark. Taking samples from one of these sixteen-foot monsters will give the team a better idea…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK Secrets from the Deep (Part 1) Dr. Dean Grubbs, a world-renowned shark scientist, grew up thinking he could follow any number of career paths—as long as they didn’t demand regular haircuts. But he kept coming back to the fascination he felt catching a small shark when he was only 7 years…
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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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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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VIDEO OF THE WEEK Mardi Gras, Jazz, and Oysters (Part 2) Dr. Sean Powers is chairman of Marine Sciences at the University of South Alabama. He and his colleague, Meagan Schrandt, are studying oyster reefs along the Gulf coast. One of their key missions is to discover why Louisiana oyster reefs haven’t recovered since the…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK Mardi Gras, Jazz, and Oysters (Part 1) New Orleans is a city defined by Mardi Gras, jazz, and oysters – lots of oysters. For more than 150 years, Louisiana was the nation’s largest source of the shellfish. Thanks to a perfect combination of brackish and warm water, each day thousands of…
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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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