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Study Reports Advancement in Environmentally-Friendly Dispersant Technology
Posted on November 14, 2019University and industry scientists are developing a benign alternative to chemical dispersants used for oil spill response, such as COREXIT used during Deepwater Horizon. -
Study Identifies Phytoplankton Species as Resistant or Sensitive to Oil Spills
Posted on October 29, 2019Researchers examined the biological and physiological response of phytoplankton to oil and oil plus dispersant in laboratory experiments. -
Study Provides Insights into How Floating Material Moves on the Ocean
Posted on October 22, 2019Scientist John Taylor with the University of Cambridge analyzed simulations of small-scale fronts (<10 kilometers across) to better understand how they influence buoyant material transport across the ocean. -
Study Assessed Aging Oil Spill Material on the Seafloor and Found Recovery
Posted on October 9, 2019Scientists analyzed radiocarbon isotopes, which identify the source of carbons in compounds such as oil and methane, and applied those “fingerprints” to quantify recovery of deep-seafloor sediment contaminated by Deepwater Horizon. -
Studies Shows Beach Environment Enhanced Oil Degradation, But Still May Take 30 Years
Posted on October 1, 2019Researchers at Florida State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology analyzed degradation processes of oil that was deposited along Gulf of Mexico beaches following Deepwater Horizon. -
Study Quantifies Dispersant Effects on Initial Oil Slick Breakup by Waves
Posted on September 26, 2019Scientists generated breaking waves in the presence of various dispersant and oil ratios (DOR) using a custom-built wave tank to investigate how subsurface oil droplets evolve in a turbulent environment. -
Study Quantifies Limitations in Using Marker Genes to Predict Microbial Capabilities
Posted on September 17, 2019Scientists conducted the largest comparison to-date of publicly available sequenced bacterial genomes to provide the first in-depth look at using high-throughput marker genes to profile a microbial community’s functional capability. -
Study IDs Oil-Degrading and Mucus-Producing Microbes Linked to Marine Oil Snow Formation
Posted on September 5, 2019Scientists 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). -
Eight-Year Study Quantifies How Oiling is a Continuing Stressor on the Marsh Ecosystem
Posted on August 29, 2019Scientists measured changes in oil quantity and quality in 1,200+ samples collected over eight years at locations that Deepwater Horizon affected – the Gulf of Mexico continental shelf, estuarine waters, and marsh sediments. -
Study Explains How Oil Spills Can Initiate Harmful Algal Blooms
Posted on August 20, 2019Scientists conducted field and laboratory experiments using oil and Corexit dispersant to uncover the reasons harmful algal blooms, also known as Red Tides, can occur after an oil spill.
