Photo Slideshow: R/V Weatherbird, St. Petersburg

Whether oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has reached the Gulf of Mexico’s Loop Current, where it could begin its journey around the Florida Keys and up the East Coast, has been the focus of scientists from USF’s College of Marine Science as well as state and federal researchers dispatched to the scene. Information gathered by scientific crews aboard the R/V Bellows and the R/V Weatherbird will help determine how best to react to the spill and the extent of damage to marine organisms in its path.