Study Quantifies Photooxidation and Biodegradation of Surface Oil
Scientists from the University of Texas at Austin assessed photooxidation and biodegradation rates on different hydrocarbon groups.
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Study: Eco-Friendly Oil Herders Show Promise for Effective Marine Spill Cleanup
Scientists demonstrated an effective and environmentally benign technology to harness the forces that cause an oil spill to spread.
Study Describes Transport Pathways During Estuary and Coastal Waters Exchange
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.
Study Reviews Forecast System Used During Deepwater Horizon
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.
Study Informs Oil Spill Forensics with Petroleum Biomarkers Degradation Data
An international science team investigated the effects of weathering of petroleum biomarkers on the reliability of these compounds for fingerprinting Macondo oil.
Study Estimates Carbon, Likely from Deepwater Horizon Spill, in Gulf Sediment
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.
Study Identifies Short-Term Changes in Plankton Communities after Oil Spill
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.
Study Estimates Subsea Dispersant Marginally Reduced Surface Oil
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.
Study Describes Functional Diversity of Oil-Degrading Microbes in Coral and Sediment
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.
Study Reveals Oil Spill Changed Oxygen Conditions in Gulf Sediment
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.