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Oil spills can have bigger impacts on coastal wetlands than hurricanes.
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Oil Residues Accelerate Coastal Wetland Losses

by E. Jacobsen 28 December 201618 May 2022

Coastal wetland loss after an oil spill can be more extensive than after a hurricane.

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Deepwater Horizon Oil Lingered and Sank, Stuck to "Marine Snow"

by A. Coombs 3 June 201618 May 2022

A new study may explain how supposedly buoyant oil from the huge 2010 oil spill coated corals and other organisms on the ocean floor.

Diverse chemosynthetic communities thrive on undersea asphalt volcanoes that form above natural oil reservoirs deep below the seabed.
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Asphalt Volcanoes Erupt in Slow Motion

by Lauren Lipuma 15 March 201624 January 2023

Natural asphalt seeps on the ocean floor provide a stable home for diverse marine life that sequesters greenhouse gases.

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Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Largest Since 2002

by JoAnna Wendel 6 August 201519 October 2021

Downpours in June drove nutrients into the Mississippi River that ultimately deprived a much larger portion of the Gulf of oxygen than had been expected.

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Connecticut-Sized Dead Zone Expected in Gulf of Mexico

by JoAnna Wendel 18 June 201519 October 2021

An ensemble of four computer models evaluated river runoff, wind patterns, and other factors affecting the extent of oxygen-poor waters near the Mississippi River's mouth.

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