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Hernanco Bacosa aboard the R/V Pelican in May 2013, collecting water samples for hydrocarbon and microbial analysis and an incubation experiment. Bacosa is preparing the Niskin bottles mounted on a conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) array prior to deployment. (Photo provided by Bacosa)

Study Quantifies Photooxidation and Biodegradation of Surface Oil

September 3, 2015

Scientists from the University of Texas at Austin assessed photooxidation and biodegradation rates on different hydrocarbon groups.

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The top and bottom images are side views of the herding process in terms of spreading coefficient and interfacial tension. The top image shows a positive value of spreading coefficient (S) referring to the spreading of crude oil onto seawater surface. The bottom image shows the application of herder at the edge of oil slick lowers the air-seawater interface causing a retraction of the oil slick with S < 0. (Image provided by George John)

Study: Eco-Friendly Oil Herders Show Promise for Effective Marine Spill Cleanup

August 26, 2015

Scientists demonstrated an effective and environmentally benign technology to harness the forces that cause an oil spill to spread.

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Towed ADCP collecting data along a transect just seaward of the bridge crossing Destin Inlet. (Photo credit: Valle-Levinson)

Study Describes Transport Pathways During Estuary and Coastal Waters Exchange

August 11, 2015

An international science team conducted a tidal-cycle study across a Destin, Florida inlet to better understand currents and the transport of dissolved and suspended materials between an estuary and the coastal ocean.

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Study Reviews Forecast System Used During Deepwater Horizon

July 30, 2015

A team of university, NOAA, Naval Research Lab (NRL), and Naval Oceanographic Office researchers reviewed four evaluations of the ocean forecast system American Seas (AMSEAS) which was used during the 2010 spill to simulate oil trajectory.

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Oil soaked sand patties collected in Gulfshores, Alabama. (Photo credit: J. Suflita)

Study Informs Oil Spill Forensics with Petroleum Biomarkers Degradation Data

July 14, 2015

An international science team investigated the effects of weathering of petroleum biomarkers on the reliability of these compounds for fingerprinting Macondo oil.

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Florida State University graduate students Brian Wells and Brian DeSanti prepare to collect multicore samples on the deck of the RV Weatherbird II. (Photo by Jeff Chanton)

Study Estimates Carbon, Likely from Deepwater Horizon Spill, in Gulf Sediment

July 9, 2015

Scientists measured the natural abundance of radiocarbon (14C) in sediments near the Deepwater Horizon spill site and estimated the location and amount of carbon derived from crude oil or gas.

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USM graduate student John Ransom (left) and postdoctoral researcher Dr. Jesse Filbrun (right) prepare to deploy the multinet sampler during a cruise off the coast of Alabama in July 2013. (Credit: USM Fisheries Oceanography and Ecology Lab)

Study Identifies Short-Term Changes in Plankton Communities after Oil Spill

June 23, 2015

Scientists from the University of Southern Mississippi and Sultan Qaboos University assessed community responses to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill using data from a long-term plankton survey off the Alabama coast.

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Researchers used this autoclave apparatus with an external camera that visually captured oil droplets in water. (Photo provided by Zachary Aman)

Study Estimates Subsea Dispersant Marginally Reduced Surface Oil

June 18, 2015

Scientists at the University of Miami and the University of Western Australia measured oil droplet size and simulated oil dispersion under conditions similar to those at the Deepwater Horizon wellhead.

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Rachel Simister (lead author of the study) prepares sediment cores on a research cruise in the Gulf of Mexico. (Photo credit: H. White)

Study Describes Functional Diversity of Oil-Degrading Microbes in Coral and Sediment

June 9, 2015

Scientists from Haverford College examined Gulf of Mexico sediment and flocculent material (floc) associated with oil-impacted corals to study indigenous microbial communities and their oil degradation potential.

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Using a multi-core sediment sampler, David Hastings recovers sediment cores from the Northern Gulf of Mexico. (Photo provided by D. Hastings)

Study Reveals Oil Spill Changed Oxygen Conditions in Gulf Sediment

May 26, 2015

A team of scientists from Eckerd College and University of South Florida conducted a time-series sediment study to better understand impacts from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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