Ocean Alliance and the Wise Laboratory at Gulf Oil Spill Conference in Mobile
Today Ocean Alliance CEO Iain Kerr is traveling to the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Conference in Mobile, Alabama with Dr. John Wise and team from the Wise Laboratory at the University of Southern Maine. They will be presenting findings from our work in the Gulf beginning in 2010 after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, specifically on the effects of chemical dispersants on the sperm whales of the Gulf.
We’re currently trying to raise the funds to return to the Gulf for a fifth season of research on the oil spill. Here’s a look at our collaboration last year with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society — Operation Toxic Gulf: