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$112.5M awarded to research consortia studying effects of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf of Mexico

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The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GRI) Research Board announced that eight Research Consortia will be funded for the next three years with a total of $112.5 million to study the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Lead Institution: Texas A&M University at College Station. Buskey, Ph.D.

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UT Austin to lead $58M study of methane hydrate in Gulf of Mexico; $41M from DOE

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A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded approximately $58 million to analyze methane hydrate deposits under the Gulf of Mexico. Methane hydrate—natural gas trapped in an ice-like cage of water molecules—occurs in both terrestrial and marine environments.

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DOE to fund 14 research projects on deepwater and Arctic methane hydrates; potential future energy supply

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Methane hydrate can form in Arctic and marine environments. University of California at San Diego. University of Mississippi. University of New Hampshire. Oregon State University. Southern Methodist University. The University of Texas at Austin. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge. Description. DOE Funding.

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NSF awards $55.5M to support 3 new Engineering Research Centers; one focused on power electronics

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One of these, the Engineering Research Center for Power Optimization for Electro-Thermal Systems (POETS), aims to enhance or increase the electric power density available in tightly constrained mobile environments by changing the design. The two other new ERCs are: Off-grid drinking water. Nature-inspired soil engineering.

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Study finds global rivers and streams emitting 3x IPCC estimates of the GHG N2O

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Human activities, including fossil fuel combustion and intensive agriculture, have increased the availability of nitrogen in the environment. —Jake Beaulieu of the University of Notre Dame and the US EPA, and lead author of the PNAS paper. The findings, the authors hope, will lead to more effective mitigation strategies.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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the Environment. includes Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee, will provide first. New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural. The Advancing New Mexico’s Alternative Fuels project will work with the. University, North. University of Central. petroleum reduction strategies. Center for. Management.

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DOE Joint Genome Institute approves 41 projects for 2012 Community Sequencing Program; climate, environment and bioenergy feedstocks

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One of single largest projects comes from Jeff Dangl at the University of North Carolina and his colleagues and focuses on the rhizosphere—the narrow region where microbes in the soil colonize and interact with plant roots. —Eddy Rubin, DOE JGI Director.