Workshop to discuss scientific community's proper response to oil spill

The National Science Foundation and the Department of Biological Science at Florida State are hosting an invited workshop, “Long-Term Ecological Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Coastal Ecosystems.”

The purpose of this workshop, scheduled for Sept. 10-12 at the Augustus B. Turnbull III Florida State Conference... More

FSU scientists to lead comprehensive oil-spill study -- Florida to Louisiana

A distinguished group of Florida State University oceanographers, meteorologists, and marine biologists and ecologists will share a new, $500,000 grant from the Northern Gulf Institute to conduct a comprehensive study of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill’s impact on coastal and ocean marine ecosystems in the northeastern Gulf... More

FSU researchers analyzing chemical composition of Gulf oil

With nearly $200,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation, researchers at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at The Florida State University are using incredibly precise analytical tools housed at the lab to analyze petroleum samples collected from the Gulf of Mexico. Results of those analyses will help determine... More