Study Evaluates Accuracy of 2010 Model Predictions for Oil Spill Movement
Scientists conducted a post-spill analysis of computational model projections that outlined the trajectory path of Deepwater Horizon oil.
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Study Shows Sugar Molecules Can Remove Crude Oil from Sand
Researchers found that bounded ring-shaped sugar molecules (cyclodextrin) are effective at extracting crude oil from sand.
Study Finds PAHs in Mississippi Seafood below Levels of Concern
Scientists studying oil impacts on fish, shrimp, crab, and oysters from coastal Mississippi waters one year post-spill found PAH levels were below Levels of Concern (LOC)
Study Links Negative Biological Impacts to Oil-Exposed Killifish
Scientists from Louisiana State University, University of California-Davis, and Clemson University, studying Deepwater Horizon impacts on killifish from oiled Louisiana estuaries…
Study Shows Bacteria Contributed to Consumption of 200,000 tons of Oil and Gas
Scientists who tracked deep underwater oil and gas plumes after the Deepwater Horizon incident concluded that the respiration of dissolved and trapped hydrocarbons resulted in reduced dissolved oxygen concentrations from a bloom of hydrocarbon-eating bacteria.
Study: Dispersants Can Move Hydrocarbons Faster and Deeper into Gulf Sand
Scientists studying the fate of oil from the Deepwater Horizon incident published their findings in the November 2012 edition of Public Library of Science (PLoS ONE): Dispersants as used in response to the MC252-spill lead to higher mobility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in oil-contaminated Gulf of Mexico sand.
Study Shows Oil Promoted Formation of a Different Kind of Marine Snow
Scientists studying oil-contaminated surface waters near the well-head site immediately after the Deepwater Horizon incident published their findings in the July 2012 edition of Environmental Research Letters
Study Finds Coastal Alabama Marine Life Returns to Pre-Spill Numbers
Biologists studying the impacts of oil on marine species living in coastal Alabama salt marshes published their results in the March 2013 edition of the Public Library of Science (PLoS ONE)
Study uses High-Speed Simulations to Understand “Chemical Herding” of Molecules
Scientists studying dispersants and related chemical compounds recently published their findings.
Study Presents Effective Method for High-Precision Flow Forecasts in the Gulf
Scientists used a mathematical approach to uncover path-defining “structures” beneath Gulf waters that governed the movement of oil following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.