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Study Reviews Forecast System Used During Deepwater Horizon
Posted on July 30, 2015A team of university, NOAA, Naval Research Lab (NRL), and Naval Oceanographic Office researchers reviewed four evaluations of the ocean forecast system American Seas (AMSEAS) which was used during the 2010 spill to simulate oil trajectory. -
Study Informs Oil Spill Forensics with Petroleum Biomarkers Degradation Data
Posted on July 14, 2015An international science team investigated the effects of weathering of petroleum biomarkers on the reliability of these compounds for fingerprinting Macondo oil. -
Study Estimates Carbon, Likely from Deepwater Horizon Spill, in Gulf Sediment
Posted on July 9, 2015Scientists measured the natural abundance of radiocarbon (14C) in sediments near the Deepwater Horizon spill site and estimated the location and amount of carbon derived from crude oil or gas. -
Study Identifies Short-Term Changes in Plankton Communities after Oil Spill
Posted on June 23, 2015Scientists from the University of Southern Mississippi and Sultan Qaboos University assessed community responses to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill using data from a long-term plankton survey off the Alabama coast. -
Study Estimates Subsea Dispersant Marginally Reduced Surface Oil
Posted on June 18, 2015Scientists at the University of Miami and the University of Western Australia measured oil droplet size and simulated oil dispersion under conditions similar to those at the Deepwater Horizon wellhead. -
Study Describes Functional Diversity of Oil-Degrading Microbes in Coral and Sediment
Posted on June 9, 2015Scientists from Haverford College examined Gulf of Mexico sediment and flocculent material (floc) associated with oil-impacted corals to study indigenous microbial communities and their oil degradation potential. -
Study Reveals Oil Spill Changed Oxygen Conditions in Gulf Sediment
Posted on May 26, 2015A team of scientists from Eckerd College and University of South Florida conducted a time-series sediment study to better understand impacts from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. -
Studies Describe Lingering Presence of Hydrocarbons along the Alabama Shoreline
Posted on April 7, 2015Auburn University scientists documented submerged oil mats and surface residual balls (also known as tar balls) on Alabama’s sandy beach systems and analyzed the physical and chemical evolution of compounds matching the characteristics of Macondo oil. -
Study Explains Pathways for Oiled Marine Snow Formation
Posted on March 24, 2015University of California Marine Science Institute researcher Uta Passow investigated the formation of aggregated oil and organic material, commonly called marine snow, after the Deepwater Horizon spill. -
Study Describes Two New “Mud Dragon” Species Discovered in Gulf of Mexico
Posted on March 3, 2015Scientists from Troy University and the University of Copenhagen, who are studying potential oil spill impacts on seafloor-dwelling marine life, examined microscopic invertebrates that live in the sediment (meiofauna).
