Bon Voyage! Today at 11:00am the Oceana Latitude shipped off to sea. The Latitude and Oceana crew held a strategy meeting to discuss the next seven days and what they will have in store. Pacific Science Director, Dr. Jeff Short explained his science experiment and that the basic approach for evaluating the subsurface oil plumes … Read more
This morning a small expedition on the Oceana Longitude including Oceana’s Soledad Scotto, Carlos Suárez, Fernando Loyola and Gorka Leclercq were sent out to Ship Island to look for signs from the Deep Water Horizon blowout. Although there was too much wind to dive, there was a chance to go ashore. Ship Island is shared … Read more
Welcome aboard the Oceana Latitude. Wednesday brought heat, humidity and eight new Oceana staff members, which will take part in a two week oil plume experiment. Alongside Oceana European Vice President, Xavier Pastor, the experiment will be led by Pacific Director, Susan Murray and Pacific Science Director, Dr. Jeff Short. The team will head out … Read more
Gulfport, Mississippi, August 24, 2010 – Oceana, celebrity activists and corporate partner Nautica, will meet in Mississippi, today to provide an update on the first legs of its two-month research expedition in the Gulf of Mexico and discuss its upcoming deepwater oil exploration efforts near the Deepwater Horizon wellhead. Oceana will report on its efforts … Read more
The Oceana Latitude arrived in Gulfport, Miss., late Monday. Over the next few days, equipment for Oceana’s upcoming deepwater oil exploration efforts will be loaded onto the vessel. On Tuesday, Oceana was joined for a press conference by corporate partner Nautica and celebrity activists, including award-winning actors Ted Danson and Morgan Freeman as well as … Read more
The whale sharks in the Gulf of Mexico spent the weekend hiding from the Oceana Latitude. The crew spent two days searching for these sharks off the coast of southeastern Louisiana. Our hope was to tag some of them so that we could monitor their movements and contribute to scientists’ understanding of the effects of the Deepwater Horizon disaster … Read more
The Oceana Latitude gained five new crew members today for its upcoming effort to tag whale sharks off the coast of southeastern Louisiana. Oceana’s vice president for Chile Alex Munoz and marine scientist Elizabeth Wilson joined Dr. Eric Hoffmayer and Jennifer McKinney from the University of Southern Mississippi. Here’s Dr. Hoffmayer on a recent segment … Read more
The Oceana Latitude navigated through a minefield of hundreds of oil platforms (out of the thousands that exist in the Gulf of Mexico) today. Although Oceana’s experts were aware of the size of the industry in the region, seeing the rigs in person put it into an entirely new perspective. It’s truly dumb luck that … Read more
A recent story by the Associated Press revealed that there are more than 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico. Some of these wells are believed to still be leaking oil into the Gulf. Oceana sent its ROV from Chile down (approximately 90 feet to the seafloor) today off the coast … Read more
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