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Bubbles of methane gas rise through a mussel bed at the Pascaguola Dome. (Image courtesy of the NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program)

Study Confirms Methane-Eating Bacteria Contributed to Carbon Entering Food Web

January 14, 2014

Scientists confirmed that methane-derived carbon, likely from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill entered the food web via small particles through a pathway known as methanotrophy.

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Shown here is a Louisiana marsh area where the study authors collected sediment samples for analysis. (Photo provided by Kewei Yu)

Study Indicates “Memory” of Benzene Remains in Marsh Sediment and Affects Its Future Degradation

January 13, 2014

Researchers have known that pollutant exposure alters the ability of ecological systems to degrade those pollutants upon encountering them again.

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Students Jessica Diller (bottom) and Kamala Earl (top) prepare enclosed treatment plots in oiled marshes of Barataria Bay, La. (Photo by Gabriel

Study Reveals Recovery and Loss in Oiled Louisiana Marshes

December 16, 2013

Scientists from the University of Florida surveyed the vegetation at oiled and non-oiled Louisiana marsh sites to assess impacts from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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University of Rhode Island Chemical Engineering Ph.D. student Amitesh Saha uses a cryogenic scanning transmission electron microscopy to image crude oil-in-water emulsions. (Photo provided by Arijit Bose)

Studies Show Carbon Black Particles as an Alternative or Supplement for Oil Dispersants

December 9, 2013

Scientists with the University of Rhode Island, Tulane University, and the Cabot Corporation conducted tests using Carbon Black (CB) particles for more effective, safe, and low-cost oil spill remediation as compared to traditional dispersants.

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Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill laps around the mouth of the Mississippi River delta in this May 24, 2010, image from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft. The oil appears silver, while vegetation is red. (Image credit: Jesse Allen/NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team)

Study Demonstrates Substantial Role of Mississippi River in Oil Transport

November 11, 2013

Scientists from the University of Miami used a high-resolution prediction model to study the relationship between the Mississippi River and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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Heavy band of oil seen during an overflight in the Gulf of Mexico on May 12,2010. (Credit: NOAA)

Study Describes How an Oil Slick Could Influence Its Own Movement

October 7, 2013

Scientists at Florida State University are examining the mechanics behind oil transport, including changes to Sea Surface Temperature (SST) and the roughness of surface water that an oil slick could affect.

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Breaking surface waves, generating whitecaps and ocean turbulence as seen from a ship's bull's eye. (Photo by: Kai Christensen)

Study: Wave Data Can Improve Forecasts that Help Search and Rescue Operations and Oil Spill Response

August 26, 2013

Scientists with the Norwegian Meteorological Institute are quantifying wave effects for use in ocean models that predict the direction of surface water movement.

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After researchers retrieved oil-coated screens used to collect samples from surface sheens, each screen was sectioned into several pieces for analyses. Some were reserved for DNA extraction; others analyzed for drilling fluids and shared with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration for standard petrochemical analyses. (Photo by Christoph Aeppli, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Study Describes Use of Oil Fingerprinting to Identify Source of 2012 Gulf Sheen

August 12, 2013

Scientists used a novel fingerprinting technique to identify the source of oil sheens that appeared in late 2012 near the site of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

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Study Describes Mechanics of Dispersant Adsorption at Oil-Water Interface

July 30, 2013

Scientists are trying to develop more stable, safer dispersants.

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Scientists Determine Source of Dispersant Chemicals Found in Community-Led Water Study

July 22, 2013

Auburn University scientists examined the data to determine the chemicals’ origin

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