As the Gulf Coast Restoration Council continues with its public hearings in Gulf States this month to inform the comprehensive restoration plan, it is important for people to be heard through their written and public comments; the Environmental Law Institute has useful guidelines for these comments at http://eli-ocean.org/gulf/participation/. Read More
Tag: outreach
GOMURC members on Facebook
GOMURC member consortia on Facebook– Alabama at https://www.facebook.com/disealab, Florida at https://www.facebook.com/floridainstituteofoceanography 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
Recovery progress
Environmental Law Institute (ELI) web site provides excellent information regarding RESTORE Act and progress of DWH spill-related settlements, litigation and penalties– http://eli-ocean.org/gulf/ Read More
Recovery publication
Current Biology editor considers where Gulf ecosystem and policies are 2 years after DWH oil spill– http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982212005222 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