The search for domestic energy sources is progressing to great depths in the Gulf of Mexico. As economic interests move oil and gas operations into these previously unexplored areas, the Minerals Management Service (MMS) works to increase understanding of the organisms residing at these depths. Read more
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has begun a $3.7 million, four-year study of deepwater corals in the Gulf of Mexico. The study contract, which focuses on deepwater coral communities that have formed both naturally and on oil and gas platforms and shipwrecks, was awarded to TDI International Inc. Read more
Vicki Clark remembers how she and other Sea Grant educators used to illustrate the powers and pitfalls of the Internet for teachers Read more
The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP), a collaboration of federal agencies providing leadership and coordination on national oceanographic research and education initiatives, has announced that it will fund a three-year research project being led by scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marineand Atmospheric Science. Read more
On June 5th, the NOPP Excellence in Partnering Award was presented by Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) to Dr. Eric Chassignet, lead principal investigator for the U.S. GODAE: Global Ocean Prediction with the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM), and 24 partner institutions and organizations. Read more
The winning project of this year’s Excellence in Partnering Award is U.S. GODAE: Global Ocean Predication with the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM). Read more
Like sentinels at their posts, an array of buoys equipped with underwater microphones and other sensors will be on duty in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Massachusetts for the next 30 months, recording sounds from whales, fish, ships and other sources around the clock. Read more
