To further add to the chipper pre-Thanksgiving mood (FOUR DAY WEEKEND, WOOHOO!!!), I’m pleased to bring you two announcements here at DSN. Firstly, Sunday Oil…
View More DSN: Your continuing source for oil spill newsAuthor: Holly Bik
I am a computational biologist at the University of California, Riverside. My research uses DNA sequencing and genomics to study microbial eukaryotes (yeah, nematodes!) in marine ecosystems, with an emphasis on evolution and biodiversity in the deep-sea. I can neither confirm nor deny that I like Unix more than I like going to sea.
Your Sunday fix of recent oil spill news
Since its Sunday (and many of you are probably lapsing into a post-brunch pancake-induced sugar coma), I am presenting another Sunday roundup of recent oil…
View More Your Sunday fix of recent oil spill newsOil hydrocarbons ingested by GOM plankton communities
A new study released today shows the first evidence of Deepwater Horizon oil entering planktonic food webs in the Gulf of Mexico (is anyone surprised? …
View More Oil hydrocarbons ingested by GOM plankton communitiesAnother week, another (unfunded) oil meeting
Well, the title says it all. As the autumn rolls on, two of the PIs working on our Gulf of Mexico RAPID project are currently…
View More Another week, another (unfunded) oil meetingStill need a Halloween costume?
…Then how about dressing up as a really crappy version of King Triton (shout out to all my Little Mermaid fans out there). Note to…
View More Still need a Halloween costume?More reports of oil in the deep, but corals seem OK
Two important Gulf of Mexico stories catching my attention this week. First off, dives to a deep-sea coral reef appear to bring back good news–coral…
View More More reports of oil in the deep, but corals seem OKReflections abound on the 6-month anniversary of Gulf Spill
Six months ago today I was at a meeting in Alaska entitled “NRDA in Arctic Waters”, where we were discussing research priorities that would help…
View More Reflections abound on the 6-month anniversary of Gulf SpillSo much monitoring in the Gulf, but no samples in sight
Ironically, I keep getting this “Subsurface Montior” e-newsletter from NOAA that gives me updates about the progress of the sampling plan in the Gulf. This…
View More So much monitoring in the Gulf, but no samples in sightNo oil spotted offshore–at least in the shallows
A team from the University of Florida has found no visible signs of oil just off the coast of Alabama and the Florida panhandle (well,…
View More No oil spotted offshore–at least in the shallowsThe state of Gulf spill science–my view
Last week I was in Florida (again) to attend a Deepwater Horizon Principal Investigator conference, sponsored by the National Science and Technology Council’s Joint Subcommittee…
View More The state of Gulf spill science–my view