Environment: USM sets spill response team

The University of Southern Mississippi has appointed an oil spill response team that is coordinating the university efforts in dealing with the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists, faculty, staff and students from the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, John C. Stennis Space Center and the Gulf Park and Hattiesburg campuses are working with federal, state and private agencies to monitor the spill and mitigate its impacts on the Gulf Coast. (Source: Hattiesburg American, 05/01/10)