Socio-Economics Group at the Harte Research Institute release of GecoServ 2: Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Service Valuation Database– http://www.gecoserv.org/ Read More
Category: Gulf Science and Education – Archive
Archive folders hold news items > 1 year old. Gulf of Mexico science and education news (e.g., publications, discoveries, programs).
Hypoxia science
LUMCON cruise reports map low oxygen “Dead Zone” off MS River mouth, available at http://www.gulfhypoxia.net Read More
Florida strategy
Florida Ocean and Coastal Council put out its research plan for 2013-2014 last week– posted at http://www.floridaoceanscouncil.org/reports/Research_Plan_FY13-14.pdf. Read More
Climate publication
NRC report reviews inter-agency ocean acidification plan, REVIEW OF THE FEDERAL OCEAN ACIDIFICATION, RESEARCH AND MONITORING PLAN, available at http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=17018&utm_medium=etmail&utm_source=The%20National%20Academies%20Press&utm_campaign=NAP+mail+new+01.15.13&utm_content=&utm_term= Read More
Ocean economy
NOAA Coastal Services Center’s ENOW database on Ocean Economy data– http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ENOWDataWizard/# Read More
Science Policy Publication
Camilli et al. Science magazine Policy Forum (http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6102/1608.full.pdf) observe, “Our academic, governmental, and industrial research communities should work together to better align American legal practice with the deliberative process of science.” The authors were required to turn over email records and more to BP related to findings on the Deepwater Horizon blow-out flow rate (paper Read More
GOMRI education
GOMRI’s CIMAGE research consortium (http://cimage.rc.usf.edu/node?destination=node) hosts live shows from sea. Hosted by USF educator, Teresa Greely, a blog and live Skype events during research cruises describe discoveries and life at sea– http://adventuresatsea.blog.usf.edu. Read More
IOOS strategy
IOOS strategic plan and requirements for implementing global coastal observing systems at http://www.ioos.gov/global/final_coastal_goos_pico_report.pdf. Read More
AUV science
University of South Florida robot uses satellites and Twitter to convey data on ocean conditions– http://news.usf.edu/article/templates/?a=4299&z=123. Solar-powered AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) conducts oceanographic transects to sense variety of ocean conditions and events, such as harmful algal blooms, spills of hazardous materials, or detecting ocean sounds, and tweets relevant data to shore. Read More
AUV science
USF gliders survey shelf off FL for temperature, salinity, chlorophyll, turbidity, and dissolved organic matter, and post tracks to http://ooma.marine.usf.edu/CROW/. Glider also deployed following DWH oil spill– http://rucool.marine.rutgers.edu/deepwater/2010/05/the-bass-glider-from-usf-is-in-the-water/. Read More