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![(From Tampa Bay Times / November 2, 2019) The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 was the largest marine oil spill in history. Almost 5 million barrels of oil flowed […]](https://gulfresearchinitiative.org/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "USFSP oceanographer works to prepare for next disaster")
USFSP oceanographer works to prepare for next disaster
Posted on November 2, 2019(From Tampa Bay Times / November 2, 2019) The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 was the largest marine oil spill in history. Almost 5 million barrels of oil flowed […] -
Deepwater Horizon Oil Buried in Gulf Coast Beaches Could Take More Than 30 Years to Biodegrade
Posted on 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 […] -
Marine oil snow
Posted on June 11, 2019(From Bioengineer / June 11, 2019) UD’s Andrew Wozniak investigates consequences of Deepwater Horizon oil spill If you were able to stand on the bottom of the seafloor and look […] -
Marine Biologist to Explore Gulf’s Uncharted Deep Sea
Posted on June 4, 2019(From PR Newswire / June 4, 2019) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The deep sea and the marine life it contains is still largely mysterious. USFSP Marine Biology Professor Heather Judkins […] -
Study: Marshes will take longer to recover from oil spill
Posted on May 14, 2019(From Houma Today / May 14, 2019) While prior research suggested it takes a decade to recover from oil spills, scientists believe it will take a few more years for […] -
The Sea Lab’s Outreach Coordinator contributes to synthesis on Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Posted on May 7, 2019(From EurekAlert! / May 7, 2019) The Sea Lab’s Discovery Hall Programs Outreach Coordinator Rachel McDonald’s work conducting outreach on ACER’s research is featured in a special issue of the […] -
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Continues to Impact Environment
Posted on April 23, 2019(From Technology Networks / April 23, 2019) Nine years ago tomorrow—April 20, 2010—crude oil began leaking from the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig into the Gulf of Mexico in what turned […] -
Whatever happened to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?
Posted on April 19, 2019Nine years since the explosion that triggered the disaster, Phil Keating reports on whether the Gulf ecosystem is recovering. -
Why 240 bright pink wooden cards were dumped in the Lake Worth Lagoon
Posted on April 12, 2019(From The Palm Beach Post / April 12, 2019) Knowing the ebbs and flows, eddies and flushes of the Lake Worth Lagoon is key for restoration as nutrients circulate and […] -
Tech: Research suggests dispersants suppress oil’s natural ability to biodegrade
Posted on November 1, 2018A new study of the Deepwater Horizon response showed that massive quantities of chemically engineered dispersants injected at the wellhead — roughly 1,500 meters (4,921 feet) beneath the surface — were unrelated to the formation of the massive deepwater oil plume.
