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Created on : September 19, 2019
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Created on : February 15, 2017
DROPPS provided the opportunity for high school students to participate in research cruises on the UTMSI R/V Katy in May of 2016. We took roughly 80 9th graders out on the water and discussed how oil spills effect different organisms. The students experienced being on a research vessel while collecting and observing marine life themselves. DROPPS scientists gave a short presentation explaining how oil and dispersed oil affect plankton and other organisms caught in oil spills. The trip includes a plankton tow, a benthic mud grab, and two trawls to collect fish and epi-benthic
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Created on : February 15, 2017
DROPPS members attended the annual Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference held in New Orleans, Louisiana. DROPPS participated in talks, poster sessions, workshops and meetings.
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Created on : February 15, 2017
DROPPS participated in the UTMSI's Women in Marine Science Day. We did an activity with 8th grade girls on plankton and how oil vs. dispersed oil affects them. They created their own plankton and saw a demo of how the the oil breaks up into tiny droplets when you add the dispersant.
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Created on : May 27, 2016
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Created on : May 27, 2016
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Created on : May 26, 2016
Collaboration with UT Summer Science Program. DROPPS did a "Drifter" activity with students to show them how oil moves with ocean currents.
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Created on : May 26, 2016
Mesocosm Experiments
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Created on : July 21, 2015
Tower Tank Experiments using holography to look at plankton/oil interactions. Read about the experiments on our blog: here.
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