For a great learning experience of what the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico looks like see http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/media/exstream/exstream_mobile.html which shows live coverage from April 10  – May 1, 2014 from the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer.

Also in the Gulf is Dr. Mandy Joye University of Georgia who continues to study the ecosystem effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. She is on the RV Atlantis using Alvin to assess some of the impacts of the oil. See: http://www.examiner.com/article/gulf-oil-spill-researcher-mandy-joye-sets-sail-to-discover-bp-spill-s-impacts and for more information as to what is happening with this subject see  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/bp-oil-spill/  and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8nRUJEyKEw&feature=youtu.be.

Those people who use Twitter you can follow Mandy (@SeepExplorer). Also you can follow Dr. Mitchell Roffer on Twitter (@MitchRoffer), Facebook and Linkedin.