The Marine Technology Society and Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative are partnering to highlight the technological advancements in oil spill detection, mitigation, and response. Through a series of webinars and a TechSurge workshop in February 2018, members of the Marine…
The sequel to the award winning documentary, Journey to Planet Earth: Dispatches from the Gulf 2, is scheduled to premiere at the Environmental Film Festival on March 20th in Washington, D.C.. Producers Hal & Marilyn Weiner of Screenscope, Inc. filmed…
Sensors are everywhere. From smart phones, automobiles and appliances, sensors are integrated into objects we use every day. Sensors are also vital to studying the environment. Sensor based environmental research projects offer a highly engaging, interdisciplinary approach to teaching students…
Bekka Larson, a PhD student at the University of South Florida-College of Marine Science, was award the Admiral James D. Watkins The James D. Watkins Award. This award is recognizes exceptional student presentations at the annual Gulf of Mexico Oil…
Calgary, Alberta - Aprami Jaggi has been through all three funding periods of C-IMAGE and defended her PhD dissertation in March 2018 to complete her degree. Dr. Jaggi's research focuses on how oil components transfer to the water with different…
"In 2016, Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) published approximately 1600 papers in diverse fields encompassing the full spectrum of environmental quality research. As a result of our rigorous peer review process, we know that every paper that we published was…
Steve Curwood of PRI's Living on Earth hosted a pair of stories about the C-IMAGE Ixtoc I studies. David Levin interviews C-IMAGE researchers as part of The Loop podcasts. Clues to the Long-term Effects of Gulf Spills Article Link…
While studying the mechanisms and impacts of oil spills on Gulf ecosystems, we sometimes lose our perspective of the impacts marine oil blowouts have on people; especially the families of the 11 men killed during the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion.…
The James D. Watkins Student Award for Excellence in Research recognizes exceptional research and presentations at the annual Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Sciences Conference. At the 2017 conference, three of the five awardees were C-IMAGE students…
Estuaries and Coasts, the official journal of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) has selected Dr. Montagna as Co-Editor-in-Chief. Montagna is the Endowed Chair for Ecosystems and Modeling at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at…
