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How oil spill science prepared me for a global pandemic

In 2016, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant hired me to work as a communicator for the Sea Grant Gulf of Mexico Science Outreach Program, at the time exclusively focused on sharing oil spill science research in the wake of 2010’s Deepwater Horizon oil...

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By: Tara Skelton / Published: Jul 29, 2021

Valuing marine disaster economics outreach

The Northern Gulf of Mexico marine sectors were devastated by recent natural, technological, man-made and biological disasters. Estimates of direct losses due to recent disasters are complicated to make and must be done quickly and timely. The...

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By: Ben Posadas / Published: Jul 22, 2021

UA student selected for Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

Sakinat Mojisola Ahmad, a Ph.D. student studying geology at The University of Alabama, has been selected as a finalist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship.

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By: Melissa Schneider / Published: Jul 21, 2021

Fisheries team puts the shark in Shark Week

This week, I had the chance to attend an outreach event. It’s been a while since I’ve been to one, and they really the most enjoyable part of my job as Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant’s communications coordinator. This week is Shark Week, and...

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By: Melissa Schneider / Published: Jul 16, 2021