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oil spills

Aerial photo of a ship in an oil slick
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Leveraging Satellite Sensors for Oil Spill Detection

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 26 March 202018 May 2022

By using multiple remote sensors, scientists can quickly estimate the nature and thickness of oil spills—important factors for containment efforts.

Oil on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico in June 2012 after the Deepwater Horizon spill
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Deepwater Horizon’s Legacy of Science

Heather Goss, AGU Publisher by Heather Goss 25 March 202018 May 2022

The biggest oil spill in history resulted in billions of dollars in settlements—and a massive scientific movement.

Candidatus Macondimonas diazotrophica visible both inside and around the edges of oil droplets
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Deepwater Horizon and the Rise of the Omics

by J. Kostka, S. B. Joye and Rita R. Colwell 25 March 202018 May 2022

Microbial genomics techniques came of age following the Deepwater Horizon spill, offering researchers unparalleled insights into how ecosystems respond to such environmental disasters.

Oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster floats in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010.
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Modeling Under Pressure

Mark Betancourt, Freelance Journalist by Mark Betancourt 25 March 202019 August 2022

At a critical moment in the effort to end one of the world’s worst oil spills, one scientist holed up in his office and pulled an all-nighter to calculate the well’s aquifer support.

One person’s hands hold a mahi-mahi while another person uses instruments to tag it.
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Oil-Exposed Mahi-Mahi More Likely to Lose Oil-Avoidance Behavior

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 30 January 202018 May 2022

Contact with oil may make it harder for the fish to avoid additional exposure, creating a vicious cycle following offshore oil spills.

Black oil pool on wet grassland
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Keystone Pipeline Spills 9,120 Barrels of Oil in Dakota Wetlands

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 8 November 201918 May 2022

The leak took place along a preexisting section of the Keystone Pipeline. This is the pipeline’s fourth spill in 9 years.

A puddle of oil lays on sand on a beach
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Brazil’s Oil Spill Is a Mystery, so Scientists Try Oil Forensics

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 24 October 201930 January 2024

Thousands of barrels of oil have been tarring Brazil’s beaches since September, and no one knows why. An oil spill scientist is running oil forensics to find out.

A Basler BT-67 fixed wing aircraft releases oil dispersant over oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill on 5 May 2010.
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Oil Spill Response Knowledge Grows, but New Risks Emerge

by L. G. Shields 3 April 201818 May 2022

Oil spill expert Nancy Kinner discusses lessons learned from Deepwater Horizon, dangers of aging infrastructure and atomized dispersants, and a Russian plan that imperils Arctic waters.

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Spills, Sediment, and Shoreline Contamination

by T. P. Clement 8 January 201818 May 2022

A recent paper in Reviews of Geophysics describes the formation and behavior of oil-sediment residues in marine and coastal environments following an oil spill.

A new modeling study finds that dispersants used at the Deepwater Horizon site may have
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Deepwater Horizon Dispersant Cleared the Air, New Model Shows

by R. Kaufman 14 September 201718 May 2022

A simulation of oil and gas leakage during the Deepwater Horizon disaster finds that the main chemical dispersant used improved air quality for emergency responders.

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