GOMAEEN News Archive
These stories reflect Gulf news from June 2009 forward.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 | One Year Later…How’s the Gulf Doing?. A year after the worst oil spill to strike U.S. waters, oyster beds are struggling along the Gulf of Mexico, the dolphin population is experiencing what the federal government calls an “unusual mortality event,” and red snapper with rotting fins are showing up on fishing lines. WSJ’s Jeff Ball joins us to discuss why scientists aren’t prepared to totally blame the BP oil spill for these problems just yet. more info |
| NASA To Leverage Nebula For Gulf Ecosystem Project The center's Applied Science and Technology Project Office (ASTPO) has been using the results of NASA Earth Science research to address issues identified by a partnership of five states in the Gulf region called the Gulf of Mexico Alliance, according to a post on NASA's Nebula blog. more info |
| Cost to coast unclear Washing birds off is more dramatic, but problems with food sources — seafood and vegetation — can also have a long term impact on waterfowl populations. That, too, can take time to determine. more info |
| What will you discover? Dauphin Island Sea Lab's Discovery Day this Saturday Sat. April 16th 10am-2pm Featuring FREE CHILDREN’S ADMISSION TO ESTUARIUM more info |
| Ocean Connections: National Environmental Education Week This week (April 10-17, 2011) is National Environmental Education Week, the nation’s largest environmental education event held each year the week before Earth Day to inspire environmental learning and stewardship among students and the public. more info |
| GCRL plans Earth Day celebration The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Laboratory will host a free Earth Day Celebration for the community from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the lab, 703 East Beach Drive in Ocean Springs. more info |
| Cold hard data vs warm baby dolphins Much of the drama that drives these stories to the front page arises out of potential links to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill last year. It’s important to critically evaluate these sorts of reports, however, and not to allow traditional press/media to create causal relationships for us, based on an editor’s impression of a perceived correlation. more info |
| Water reuse is South Florida priority, no matter how icky it sounds Using highly treated sewage to water lawns or to recharge the region's water supply may not sound appealing, but water reuse has become a crucial component for communities under pressure to conserve drinking water and to end the discharge of treated wastewater into the ocean. more info |
| Junior Wildlife Champions Promote Positive Change Increasing children’s awareness of current events can be easy and educational, especially if you empower them to make positive changes in their own ways. There are also fun, new tools to help teachers and parents enhance their children’s science education. more info |
| 'I'd stake my reputation on it': Gulf fishing alliance introduces new brand Local restaurateurs, seafood dealers and fishermen joined forces with the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders Alliance to promote Gulf seafood through a new tagging and tracking system called TransparenSea and under the new “Gulf Wild” name. more info |
| Clips from HBO documentary Saving Pelican 895 More than 7,000 birds were killed as a result of the oil spill that spread through the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in April 2010. In "Saving Pelican 895," HBO documentary filmmakers present the story of the 895th surviving oiled pelican to be rescued by the Fort Jackson Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Louisiana. more info |
| Bluefin Tuna Catch a (Small) Break The hooks are simply thinner than usual, and bend under the weight of a bluefin, whose average size when caught in the gulf is 485 pounds. The hooks still work for yellowfin tuna and swordfish, which weigh a lot less. Fishing for bluefin in the gulf has been illegal since the 1980s, but longline boats often catch them without meaning to. Whether landed or released, the bluefin die. more info |
| Spill-related health concerns persist Oil-spill cleanup workers and commercial divers are the most prone to high levels of cancer-causing chemicals believed to be related to the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, according to tests from an independent group of chemists, advocates and doctors. more info |
| Oily birds the inspiration for science fair project The 15-year-old Archbishop MacDonald high school students presented their findings Saturday morning at the Edmonton Regional Science Fair where their project, called Novel Concepts to Decontaminating Oiled Birds, attracted a steady stream of curious judges. more info |
| Artwork highlights devastation The interactive exhibit, simply called "Spill IT," deals with the environmental and economic impact of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. more info |
| Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake : 2011 Mexico News A magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit Veracruz, Mexico at 6:11 AM Pacific time today, April 7, 2011. Veracruz, Mexico is located in the central part of the state on the Gulf of Mexico. Veracruz is a major port city which happens to be the oldest and largest port city in Mexico. Because of the depth of the earthquake, no injuries or fatalities were reported. more info |
| Carl Safina Studies ‘Saving The Ocean’ Marine biologist Carl Safina is an optimist, though. In his new PBS series “Saving the Ocean,” Safina turns his attention on promising conservation efforts around the world, from rebounding cod stocks off New England, to an Islamic conservation movement in a poor fishing community in Zanzibar. more info |
| Atlanta radio personality Paul Leslie runs to benefit Alabama Coastal Foundation "They want to help support our cause and it also will hopefully raise some much needed funds to help with our work in continuing to get information to the public in the aftermath of the oil spill as well as our education and habitat programs which are ongoing." more info |
| New study warns on coral reef diversity Over a two-year period, researchers gathered biological field data from nearly 2000 reef sites worldwide detailing fish species' weight, size and abundance, enabling them to calculate the cumulative weight of individual reefs (standing biomass). These results were then compared against demographic data. more info |
| 10 Ways to Help Students Ask Better Questions Students have spent hours learning the art of questioning. Here are ten things I've done in class to encourage students to ask better questions: more info |
| Gulf Coast beaches clean of 2010’s oil spill After days of walking the beaches, driving almost 900 miles, and talking to countless residents and visitors from Grand Isle, La., to the Florida Panhandle — the coastal band most affected by the catastrophe — here is what I found. more info |
| Sea Lab center gets the gold The $4.5 million facility on Dauphin Island is the first LEED Gold certified building in south Alabama, according to John Dindo, assistant director of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. more info |
| Weeks Bay Day Celebrates Reserve's 25th Anniversary Coastal conservation took a significant step in 1986 when the Weeks Bay watershed in Baldwin County was added to the National Estuarine Research Reserves System, which encompasses more than 1.3 million acres of coastal and estuarine habitat in 28 reserves located in 22 states and Puerto Rico. more info |
| Fewer than 50 percent of Lafourche, Terrebonne homes have flood insurance Fewer than 50 percent of households and businesses in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes have flood insurance policies, according to parish officials. But parish officials say that's not enough in a community that faces flooding threats from heavy rainfall, river flooding and an increasing threat of storm surge as wetlands erode away and the Gulf of Mexico continues to march further inland. more info |
| Art inspires hope for cleaner seas It is part of a collaboration with Hurley and the charity H.O.P.E., or Helping Other People Everywhere, which promotes education and peace through social projects. Boyd, 35, created the sea-inspired, hand-drawn images for the special collection of tees and water bottles to raise awareness about humans' impact on the oceans. more info |
| Ohio students learn at Ala. beach Joan Miller, an eighth grade teacher, wanted to teach her visual art students about our area. The students were initially going to take a field trip to the Kentucky Aquarium to learn about nature. Lucy Buffet then offered a chance to experience the Gulf Coast and wildlife first hand. Buffet will fund housing and food for the students during their stay along with entertainment. more info |
| MRH Eighth-Graders Learn About Marine Ecology and History in Alabama Trip On Monday, the students hopped aboard the Alabama Discovery, a research vessel, to learn about more than a dozen species of wildlife and to talk about the ecology of the area, Dillon said. The school is working in conjunction with the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, which has deployed coordinators to travel with the group. more info |
| Oil from last summer's spill evaporated, dissipated or was soaked up, says scientist Graham’s speech to about 200 young graduate students at the Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference dealt with how scientists engage the public in the midst of a crisis. more info |
| ONLY ONE OCEAN CD by the Banana Slug String Band Wins Parents’ Choice Award ONLY ONE OCEAN, the brand new children’s educational music CD by the Banana Slug String Band, has been awarded a 2011 Parents’ Choice Award. Established in 1978, Parents’ Choice is the nation's oldest nonprofit guide to quality children's media and toys. more info |
| MacGillivray Freeman Films launches global campaign to protect ocean The campaign is focused on two primary goals to achieve by 2020. One World One Ocean will advocate for at least 10 percent of the world's oceans to be set aside as national and international marine sanctuaries. Currently just 1 percent of the ocean is protected compared to 12 percent of protected land around the world, which is preserved through national parks, monuments and world heritage sites. One World One Ocean will also fund conservation projects aimed at changing the way people eat sea life, which has been decimated by over-fishing and pollution. more info |
