R/V Justo Sierra Log-Rachel Kalin
4 August 2015: It is August 4th and days are already starting to blend together. Time is only relative to mealtime and deployment times. My name is Rachael Kalin and I am part of the core transferring team.…
R/V Justo Sierra Blog-Will Overholt
2 August 2015: Day 3 on the Justo Sierra and everyone is starting to figure out their roles. It was a bit of a rough start. At the first site I almost dropped a precious core, and one of…
R/V Justo Sierra Log-Dr. Isabel Romero
You can follow Dr. Isabel Romero on twitter, @IsabelR0mer0 1 August 2015: Good seas keep us on track! The beautiful weather has shortened the transit time a great deal these first days, as the sites are spread…
R/V Justo Sierra Log-Nicola Zenzola
It's been 2 days at sea and I still have the will to keep searching for answers. This is not my first research cruise, but there is something about the open sea that makes it look like a brand new…
Shaojie Sun, C-IMAGE Student of the Month, August 2015
Shaojie Sun is a graduate student at the USF-College of Marine Science. Originally from China, he is working towards his PhD in Dr. Chuanmin Hu’s optical oceanography lab. Sun research “is focused on using satellite images to detect and quantify…
Oil Spill Outreach / Sea Grant
SAVE THE DATE! The Oil Spill Outreach Team would like to inform you of three workshops/science seminars that we will be hosting in the next couple of months. Please mark your calendars and join us! Impacts of Oil on Coastal…
Injection Studies Begin
Our Ecotoxicology Study is a collaboration between MOTE Marine Laboratory, Wageningen University, University of West Florida, and USF-College of Marine Science looking at the toxicity of oil in Gulf fishes using samples collected in situ and in the exposure experiments.…
On the GoMRI Home Page
Scientists measured the natural abundance of radiocarbon (14C) in sediments near the Deepwater Horizon spill site and estimated the location and amount of carbon derived from crude oil or gas. Their best estimate was that oil-derived carbon equivalent to 3 – 4.9…
Mud & Blood Cruises study Ixtoc-I 35-years later
Researchers from the Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of the Gulf Ecosystem (C-IMAGE) are setting off on a cruise to collect sediment and water samples in areas affected by the IXTOC-I spill. The cruise marks the first time since these studies…
Agilent and C-IMAGE Announce Partnership
ST. PETERSBURG, FL The University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science today announced a formal partnership with Agilent Technologies and the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) to refresh analytical chemistry equipment for studying oil spills. Funded by GoMRI…
