The Science of the Spill
Other NSF Projects

August 16, 2010 - NSF Awards Grant to Study Effects of Oil and Dispersants on Louisiana Salt Marsh Ecosystem

As oil and dispersants wash ashore in coastal Louisiana salt marshes, what will their effects be on these sensitive ecosystems?

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a rapid response grant to scientist Eugene Turner of Louisiana State University and colleagues to measure the impacts on Gulf Coast salt marshes.

NSF Grant to study effects of oil and dispersants on salt marshes
 
 

 
News

The first Science of the Spill television program will be rebroadcast on September 3 on Mississippi Public Broadcasting.

December 21, 2010 - Episode 4 of the Science of the Spill is available for online viewing.

December 14, 2010 - Supplemental videos from Episode 3 are available for viewing on Youtube.com.

December 13, 2010 - Episode 3 of The Science of the Spill aired on MPB TV. Episode 3 will be available for online viewing soon.

December 13, 2010 - Additional video content from Episode 3 is available online for viewing. The two videos are "Seafood Safety Revisited" and "Barrier Island Impacts."

November 23, 2010 - Federal Interagency Group Issues Peer-Reviewed “Oil Budget” Technical Documentation. The publication details the scientific calculations of the Deepwater Horizon BP Oil Spill “Oil Budget Calculator” response tool announced last August.

October 6, 2010 - Episode 2 of The Science of the Spill is available for online viewing here.

October 5, 2010 - Episode 1 of The Science of the Spill is available for online viewing here.
You may also view Episode 1 on Youtube.com:

September 3, 2010 - New Q&A item - Are whale sharks at risk because of the Deepwater Horizon spill?

September 1, 2010 - New Video Content added, Expanded interviews with scientists from Ep. 1 of "Science of the Spill"

August 25, 2010 - New Q&A added, "What happened to the oil? Why don't the reports agree?"

August 24, 2010 - Mississippi Public Broadcasting press release on the four television programs.

August 19, 2010 - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute released the following report on their findings in the Gulf of Mexico during a June research cruise.
"News Release : WHOI Scientists Map and Confirm Origin of Large, Underwater Hydrocarbon Plume in Gulf" -

Garden Pond lagoon on Horn Island, Mississippi

 
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