Five research projects related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and led by Florida State University faculty members have been selected for funding by the Florida Institute of Oceanography’s governing council.

The five were among a total of 27 research projects aimed at examining the vast impacts of the Gulf oil spill that... More

A new Florida State University study is investigating how quickly the Deepwater Horizon oil carried into Gulf of Mexico beach sands is being degraded by the sands’ natural microbial communities, and whether native oil-eating bacteria that wash ashore with the crude are helping or hindering that process.

What oceanography... More

Florida State University doctoral student J.T. Cox provided the following account of a recent research cruise that several FSU students took part in:

"Members of the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science at Florida State, together with marine personnel from the Florida Institute of Oceanography, spent five days... More