MMS Ocean Science is a journal highlighting the science and technology used by MMS.  Through the Environmental Studies Program, the MMS has funded over 600 million dollars of research into the marine environments along the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, Pacific and Atlantic coasts.  The topics of this research include biological resources (fish, turtles, birds, whales), habitat resources (water quality, sediment quality), and socioeconomic resources (communities, archaeology, fiscal impacts).  The MMS has an active program to evaluate the effects of the removal of sand and gravel from borrow sites.  The MMS funds studies of the different types of technology used by industry to extract offshore mineral resources to evaluate their safety and performance.  Numerous studies have also been conducted to evaluate technologies used to prevent and clean up oil spills.   In house, MMS has staff scientists and engineers that evaluate data to determine the location of resources, technologies used in the recovery of resources, and safety measures to prevent accidents and spills.

July/August/September 2009  (2,350kb PDF)

• Ocean Science Welcomes Liz Birnbaum, 10th Director of the Minerals Management Service

• The Big Picture:  Mexico-U.S. Loop Current Studies

• Physical Oceanographer - Alexis Lugo-Fernandez

• Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

• MMS Issues First Offshore Wind Development Exploratory Leases

• Gulf State Park Pier:  Alabama's First CIAP Grant Project

• Migratory Bird Conservation and Interagency Collaboration

• Tracking the Red Knot

• Making Waves:  Renewable Energy Testing at Ohmsett

• Superstructure ice Protection Technologies

• Kudos to Dr. Ann Jochens:  2009 MMS Offshore Leadership Award

• New Waves - Late-Breaking News & Information

April/May/June 2009  (1,112kb PDF)

• Ken Salazar, the 50th Secretary of the Interior

• Energy in Motion:  Researching Designs, Standards for Wave and Current Energy-Generating Devices

• First Alaska CIAP Grant Awarded:  Noise Monitoring in the Chukchi Sea

• Alaska Native Hunters and Whalers - Actively Engage in Satellite Tracking Studies

• The Long-Lived Bowhead Whale

• Marine Ecologist - Chuck Monnett

• MMS-India Cooperation and Exchange - Improves Environmental and Human Safety

• Department of the Interior Partners in Conservation Awards

• Final Rule for Renewable Energy Development on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf

• New Waves - Late-Breaking News & Information

January/February/March 2009  (1,213kb PDF)

• Starting the New Year in the Crescent City:  25th Gulf of Mexico Region ITM

• Gulf of Mexico Region Leasing Activity Update

• Petroleum Engineer - Michael Else

• Marco Polo:  Full-Scale Monitoring of a Deepwater Tension-Leg Platform

• Mapping Oil Thickness in Coastal and Offshore Waters

• Gulf Sturgeon:  A Peculiar Prehistoric Fish

• Alaska Research Forum

• The Hunt for the Real Western Empire

• Coastal Impact Assistance Program Helps Coastal Areas

• New Waves - Late-Breaking News & Information

See Past Issues:

• MMS Ocean Science 2008 Archive

• MMS Ocean Science 2007 Archive

• MMS Ocean Science 2006 Archive

• MMS Ocean Science 2005 Archive

• MMS Ocean Science 2004 Archive

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