A Florida State University oceanography professor is questioning government estimates that the vast majority of the oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill is already gone from the Gulf or is being rapidly broken down by bacteria.

“I think the imprint of the BP release, the discharge, will be detectable in the Gulf of Mexico for... More

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

Oil is no longer spewing from the damaged Deepwater Horizon drilling site, but how the oil that is already spilled will continue to effect Gulf ecosystems is largely unknown. Ian MacDonald, a professor of oceanography at Florida State, shared his thoughts during an Aug. 1 interview on NPR.

“The question is: Will the Gulf of... More

“It wouldn’t surprise me if there were 2,000 communities, from suburbs to cities.”

— Florida State University oceanography Professor Ian R. MacDonald, quoted in The New York Times on June 22, 2010, about the possible... More

As the BP oil spill inexorably evolves into the world’s worst environmental disaster, Florida State University oceanographer Ian MacDonald warns that the oil could wash up on European shores before the end of summer.

“It’s entirely possible,” MacDonald, a professor of oceanography at Florida State, said in an interview... More

"The source of reliable information on this has not been the government," said biological oceanographer Ian MacDonald, a professor in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at FSU, in a June 3 TIME article... More