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      The Gulf Research Program: A Strategic Vision

      Gulf Research Program,Advisory Group

      In 2010 the Deepwater Horizon explosion and fire in the Gulf of Mexico caused the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, resulting in significant impacts on the region\‘s environment…

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      Opportunities for the Gulf Research Program: Community Resilience and Health: Summary of a Workshop

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      There are many connections between human communities and their surrounding environments that influence community resilience and health in the Gulf of Mexico. The impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill…

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      Opportunities for the Gulf Research Program: Monitoring Ecosystem Restoration and Deep Water Environments: Summary of a Workshop

      Gulf Research Program

      Environmental monitoring in the Gulf of Mexico poses extensive challenges and significant opportunities. Multiple jurisdictions manage this biogeographically and culturally diverse region, whose monitoring programs tend to be project-specific by…

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      Building and Measuring Community Resilience: Actions for Communities and the Gulf Research Program

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of Special Projects,Committee on Measuring Community Resilience

      The frequency and severity of disasters over the last few decades have presented unprecedented challenges for communities across the United States. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina exposed the complexity and breadth…

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      Opportunities for the Gulf Research Program: Middle-Skilled Workforce Needs: Summary of a Workshop

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Gulf Research Program

      During the period 1990 to 2010, U.S. job growth occurred primarily in the high-skilled and low-skilled sectors. Yet, one-third of projected job growth for the period 2010-2020 will require middle-skilled…

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      An Approach for Assessing U.S. Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration: A Gulf Research Program Environmental Monitoring Report

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Gulf Research Program,Committee on Long-Term Environmental Trends in the Gulf of Mexico

      Valued for its ecological richness and economic value, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico is under substantial pressure from human activities. The Deepwater Horizon platform explosion and oil spill significantly damaged…

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      Compounding Disasters in Gulf Coast Communities 2020-2021

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Gulf Research Program, Gulf Health and Resilience Board, Committee on Compounding Disasters in Gulf Coast Communities, 2020-2021: Impacts, Findings, and Lessons Learned

      Experiencing a single disaster - a hurricane, tornado, flood, severe winter storm, or a global pandemic - can wreak havoc on the lives and livelihoods of individuals, families, communities and…

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      Navigating the Energy Transition in the Gulf of Mexico

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Gulf Research Program, Gulf Offshore Energy Safety Board

      Today, with a changing climate putting pressure on communities and ecosystems worldwide, goals for a carbon-neutral economy mean that renewable and low-carbon energy sources are being presented as solutions. While…

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      Understanding and Predicting the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current: Critical Gaps and Recommendations

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Gulf Research Program,Committee on Advancing Understanding of Gulf of Mexico Loop Current Dynamics

      One of the most significant, energetic, yet not well understood, oceanographic features in the Americas is the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current System (LCS), consisting of the Loop Current (LC)…

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      Investing in Resilient Infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Gulf Research Program,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of Special Projects

      To help prioritize among possible investments to improve the resilience of built infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico region, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a diverse…

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      Advancing Health and Resilience in the Gulf of Mexico Region

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Gulf Research Program, Committee on Progress Toward Human Health and Community Resilience in the Gulf of Mexico Region

      Consequences of natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic have taken a cumulative toll on the health and well-being of people in the Gulf of Mexico region. Long-standing societal challenges related…

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      Results of the Drilling Fluids Research Program Sponsored by the Gulf Breeze Environmental Research Laboratory, 1976-1943, and Their Application to Hazard Assessment

      The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Richard Nixon. The agency is charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and…

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      Advancing Understanding of Offshore Oil and Gas Systemic Risk in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Gulf Research Program, Committee on Progress and Opportunities Toward Decreasing the Risk of Offshore Energy Operations, A Report Series on Progress and Opportunities Toward Decreasing the Risk of Offshore Energy Operations

      Most of the offshore oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico has shown considerable improvement in systemic risk management, which is now approaching a middle stage of maturity…

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      Strengthening Equitable Community Resilience

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Policy and Global Affairs, Committee on Criteria for Community Participation in the Gulf Research Program's Enhancing Community Resilience (EnCoRe) Initiative

      The Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has developed a program to strengthen community resilience, the Enhancing Community Resilience (EnCoRe) initiative. EnCoRe aims to…

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      Offshore Situation Room: Enhancing Resilience to Offshore Oil Disasters in the Gulf of Mexico: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Gulf Research Program,Gulf Offshore Energy Safety Board

      More than a decade after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Gulf Research Program convened a diverse group of 60 experts in a virtual event to inform its efforts to enhance…

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