CRGC Team Members Participate in Seminar on Building Resilient Communities

Sep 28, 2016

The Gulf Region Sea Grant programs held an oil spill science seminar, Building resilient communities: Lessons learned from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, on Tuesday, September 27th at The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Park Campus in Long Beach, MS....

The Citizen Science of Risk in the Gulf Coast Oil Spill 

Sep 15, 2016

Summary: This project uses qualitative and visual data to assess and communicate the complications of multi-stakeholder risk perception, monitoring, and evaluation of the British Petroleum (BP) oil spill. Assessing the risk of an oil spill, or a disaster more...

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Economic Impact 

Sep 15, 2016

Summary: Using economic modeling and freight flow software packages, this research seeks to identify impacts to the Gulf Coast region from the Port of Mobile to the Port of New Orleans. Current economic areas of distress (1st and 2nd tier) will be identified and...