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Measuring the Environmental Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill

November 13, 2012 by Dept. Research Comm. Dir. Leave a Comment

by Prosanta Chakrabarty. Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences & Curator of Ichthyology, LSU Museum of Natural Science The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was the largest accidental release of oil in history with over 4.9 million barrels (=206 million gallons) released; however, accessing the actual environmental impacts will be very difficult. The largest… Read More

Filed Under: BLOG, Research in Focus Tagged With: Biological Sciences, Coast, College of Science, fish, LSUMNS, oil spill

Cowboys & Lassos: The origin of lassoing from horseback

October 26, 2012 by Dept. Research Comm. Dir. Leave a Comment

Whether among working cowboys, at a rodeo, a scene from a movie, or in a magazine advertisement for Marlboro cigarettes— most of us have seen a cowboy on horseback chasing down a steer, casting a lasso over its horns, and forcing it to crash to the ground. That iconic scene of the West brings to… Read More

Filed Under: BLOG, Research in Focus Tagged With: cowboys, Geography & Anthropology, Research