How Grad Student Bodner Uses Theoretical Math to Add Turbulence to Transport Predictions
Predicting where oil will go can be one of the most challenging aspects of marine oil spill response.
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Study IDs Oil-Degrading and Mucus-Producing Microbes Linked to Marine Oil Snow Formation
Scientists isolated bacteria from Gulf of Mexico surface waters and used them in microcosm experiments to identify those that simultaneously degrade oil and produce mucus-like materials (exopolymeric substances or EPS).
Grad Student Sevigny Improves Meiofauna Genomic Analysis to Inform Oil Spill Recovery
Meiofauna are microscopic marine organisms that live between grains of sand in ocean, coastal, river, and stream sediments and provide important services such as recycling organic material in the sediment that contribute to healthy marine ecosystems.
Deepwater Horizon Oil Buried in Gulf Coast Beaches Could Take More Than 30 Years to Biodegrade
Deepwater Horizon Oil Buried in Gulf Coast Beaches Could Take More Than 30 Years to Biodegrade – SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 (From Newswise / September 2, 2019) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Golf ball-size clods of weathered crude oil originating from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon catastrophe could remain buried in sandy Gulf Coast beaches for decades, according to…