Crude Life: New 'citizen science' and art project aims to raise awareness of oil spill impacts on the Gulf of Mexico
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - 15:31
in Mathematics & Economics
A new project that blends art and science to gather and communicate new information on the effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill has been funded by the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative, a project of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. LSU Museum of Natural Science Curator of Fishes Prosanta Chakrabarty and professional artist and scientist Brandon Ballengée lead the project titled, Crude Life: A citizen art and science investigation of Gulf of Mexico biodiversity after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.