A UL Lafayette researcher is leading a multi-university study funded by the National Science Foundation to examine the role of natural methane seepage in the ocean’s carbon cycle. Researchers will explore underwater environments along the Atlantic Coast via autonomous underwater vehicles and submersible human-occupied vehicles deployed from larger vessels. (Submitted photo)
LAFAYETTE — A University of Louisiana at Lafayette researcher is leading a study to investigate the significant, complex role of natural methane seepage in the ocean’s carbon cycle.
The research is being funded with a $2,995,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Ocean Sciences Division. Dr. Davide Oppo, an associate professor of geology at UL Lafayette, is principal investigator ...
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