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Study Evaluates Synthetic Aperture Radar as Oil Spill Detection Tool
Posted on May 19, 2014A group of scientists led by the Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing (CSTARS) of the University of Miami recently published an overview of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) as a tool to identify oil slicks on the ocean surface using satellite imagery. -
Study Makes Storm Surge Predictions at Less Cost without Sacrificing Accuracy
Posted on May 8, 2014Two scientists from the University of Texas provide an alternate modeling framework that incorporates selective detailed adjustments while calculations are in process to predict storm surge. -
Study Shows Gulf Killifish had Complex Genomic Response to Oil Spill Toxins
Posted on April 1, 2014A team of researchers from Texas, Florida, and California successfully quantified the gene expression of wild Fundulus grandis, commonly known as Gulf killifish, from the northern Gulf of Mexico in assessing exposure to toxicants from the 2010 oil spill. -
Modeling Study Adds Evidence that Oil Compounds Traveled to West Florida Shelf
Posted on March 17, 2014Scientists from the University of South Florida used circulation models to conduct a tracer simulation and compared output patterns with ecological analyses to determine the possibility that hydrocarbons from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill could have moved onto the West Florida Shelf -
Study Finds Jellyfish are Monitors for and Conveyors of Crude Oil Toxins
Posted on March 12, 2014A team of scientists from the University of Texas Marine Science Institute, including students from California and China, assessed the effects of crude oil exposure on adult and larval gelatinous zooplankton species – some commonly referred to as jellyfish. -
Study Confirms Methane-Eating Bacteria Contributed to Carbon Entering Food Web
Posted on January 14, 2014Scientists confirmed that methane-derived carbon, likely from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill entered the food web via small particles through a pathway known as methanotrophy. -
Study Indicates “Memory” of Benzene Remains in Marsh Sediment and Affects Its Future Degradation
Posted on January 13, 2014Researchers have known that pollutant exposure alters the ability of ecological systems to degrade those pollutants upon encountering them again. -
Study Reveals Recovery and Loss in Oiled Louisiana Marshes
Posted on December 16, 2013Scientists from the University of Florida surveyed the vegetation at oiled and non-oiled Louisiana marsh sites to assess impacts from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. -
Studies Show Carbon Black Particles as an Alternative or Supplement for Oil Dispersants
Posted on December 9, 2013Scientists with the University of Rhode Island, Tulane University, and the Cabot Corporation conducted tests using Carbon Black (CB) particles for more effective, safe, and low-cost oil spill remediation as compared to traditional dispersants. -
Study Demonstrates Substantial Role of Mississippi River in Oil Transport
Posted on November 11, 2013Scientists from the University of Miami used a high-resolution prediction model to study the relationship between the Mississippi River and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
