The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium Board of Directors has named Steve Sempier as the consortium’s next director. He will step into the position Jan. 1, 2026. “We are excited to have Dr. Sempier assuming the leadership role for the consortium,” said Steve Taylor, Auburn University’s senior vice president for research and economic development and chair…
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Spirit of Community Awards winners announced
Each year, the Gulf Resilience Community of Practice gives awards recognizing individuals, organizations and communities who have done an exemplary job of communicating resilience challenges in the Gulf of America. The group announced its Spirit of Community Award winners during its annual meeting this June in Houma, Louisiana. The awards were given in three categories:…
Tornado forecasting has long history
Did you know there was a time in history where the word “tornado” was banned from American weather forecasts? Up until the 1950s, these storms were thought to be so terrible that reporting on them may cause panic. A century ago, the only warning you may have received about an approaching tornado was a neighbor…
Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant makes strong showing as Gulf Guardian
Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium (MASGC)-supported programs are recognized leaders in protecting Gulf ecosystems, increasing resilience in coastal communities and bringing creative environmental literacy activities into classrooms. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Gulf of Mexico Division recently announced its 2022 Gulf Guardian Awards, and MASGC Engagement and Education Team members, their programs and their collaborators…
Florida Sea Grant expert: 10 years after oil spill, Gulf still on the mend
By Brad Buck, public relations specialist at UF/IFAS Communications. Access the original report here. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Nearly 10 years ago to the day, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig began spilling millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. We know the Gulf is recovering, but it may be decades before science tells…
10 Things a Non-Scientist Has Learned in the Decade Since Deepwater Horizon
This post, originally published by NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration, was written by Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium’s Tara Skelton to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Deepwater Horizon. To read the original post, click here. I was a freelance writer and mother of two living in coastal Mississippi when the Deepwater Horizon oil spill began…
Life hack: Helping the Earth using one easy tool – you
Have you heard about the pollution catastrophe known as marine debris? Marine debris is defined as any man-made material intentionally or unintentionally disposed of in our marine environment. Examples include trash, single-use plastic products, abandoned fishing gear and nets, and derelict vessels. Large and small debris items can be washed into waterways by storm water…
Oil spill specialists join scientists for dispersant testing
Two members of the Gulf Sea Grant oil spill science outreach team recently visited Ohmsett, an oil spill science testing facility overseen by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). Florida Sea Grant’s Monica Wilson and Louisiana Sea Grant’s Emily Maung-Douglass traveled to New Jersey at the invitation of Tim Nedwed, Oil Spill Response…
Gulf-wide Sea Grant team receives national award for oil spill science outreach efforts
(OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss.) – The Sea Grant Oil Spill Science Outreach Team received the National Superior Outreach Programming Award (SOPA), Sea Grant’s highest extension honor, at a Sept. 20 ceremony in Portland, Oregon. The team of outreach professionals is based in programs located around the Gulf of Mexico and works to synthesize and share peer-reviewed…
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