Rapid Response Research at Hercules Gas Blowout
The vessel was loaded with ocean drifters to track movement of surface waters around the rig and with equipment to collect time-sensitive samples of water, air and sediment.
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Deepwater Horizon, Three Years Later
BP-funded research aims to understand and mitigate impacts of hydrocarbon pollution in the Gulf of Mexico and elsewhere.
Study Identifies Source of Oil Sheens Near Deepwater Horizon Site
Chemical analysis shows that source is oil pockets trapped in wreckage of sunken rig
Scientists Hope to Better Understand Effects of Oil Spill
Scientific vessel helping researchers study spill effects
Scientists Examine Oil Spill’s Impact on Oysters
More than three years since the BP oil spill, an LSU AgCenter scientist is working to determine how oil impacted oysters, which have been struggling to recover since 2010.
Health Defects Found in Fish Exposed to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Crude oil toxicity continued to sicken a sentinel Gulf Coast fish species for at least more than a year after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
Deepwater Disaster Three Years On
Just three years ago, the DeepWater Horizon oil spill gushed 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
Tests Indicate Decline in Coastal Marsh Insects Traced to BP Oil Spill
Preliminary results from field work and lab tests indicate two oil components — naphthalene and methylnaphthlane — are at least partly responsible for declines in insect populations in coastal marshes affected by the 2010 BP oil spill
LSU Researchers Study the Impact of Oil Spill on Seaside Sparrows
When the Deepwater Horizon disaster leaked an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, many researchers feared that coastal ecosystems would never be the same.
‘Dirty Blizzard’ May Account For Missing Deepwater Horizon Oil
Oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill acted as a catalyst for plankton and other surface materials to clump together and fall to the sea floor in a massive sedimentation event that researchers are calling a “dirty blizzard.”