Video:
Climbing the Florida Escarpment
The team of the E/V Nautilus spots sea cucumbers, coral, and more on their journey up the Florida Escarpment.
![Herc sampling coral](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/images/cruises/NA028%20Herc%20Sampling%20Coral.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=WQMEk2TF)
Expedition
Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf (ECOGIG)
The ECOGIG expedition is part of a larger research program focused on examining the ecosystem-level response to oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico. This research group, the ECOGIG Consortium, is made up of scientists from a wide variety of disciplines studying current flow, ocean chemistry, microbial activity, deep-sea coral communities, and everything in between.