Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium MASGC
In my previous years as a research scientist it was my obligation, if not luxury, to act as an impartial observer to the impacts of different natural/manmade disasters on organisms, ecosystems, and coastal communities. However, as an extension...
Read MoreI am extremely pleased to announce Dr. Steve Sempier’s appointment as MASGC’s outreach director. His new appointment began Sept. 1, 2018. This new position came about after a topical assessment team (TAT) review from the National Sea Grant...
Read MoreThe 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 based in programs...
Read MoreFor many, the term outreach has become a catch-all word for a broad array of activities focused on sharing science with a variety of audiences. Perhaps no other organization understands the importance and includes outreach better than Sea Grant....
Read MoreMissy Partyka has joined the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium as the newest member of the Gulf of Mexico Sea Grant oil spill science outreach team. Based in the Auburn University Marine Extension and Research Center in Mobile, Ala., Partyka...
Read MoreIf you lived in coastal Alabama or Mississippi during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, you might recall waking up to the news that the storm’s winds had pushed a tension leg oil/offshore platform (TLP) from where it was moored for repairs and sent it...
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