By Cindie Powell, Texas Sea Grant The Texas Sea Grant College Program at Texas A&M University is announcing new grants totaling $1.7 million for seven two-year research projects at universities around the state to support coastal and marine ecosystems, communities and economies. “Following a competitive and rigorous peer-review process,…
Texas A&M Maritime Academy graduate Captain Jay Rivera piloted Anne, an oil tanker 2 million barrels of crude oil, into a Gulf of Mexico port. By Bob Wright, Texas A&M University at Galveston The biggest oil tanker ever to call on a Gulf of Mexico port – holding as much…
The radars will provide real-time information on ocean conditions and storms, oil spills and other conditions that can have direct impact on millions of residents of Texas and along the Gulf coast.