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

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

by R. 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

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

by Jenessa Duncombe 24 October 201918 May 2022

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.

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.

Crews work on a relief well at California’s Aliso Canyon gas field after a leak that began in December 2015.
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Soil Bacteria Could Help Absorb Natural Gas Leaks

by Aaron Sidder 14 December 201618 May 2022

For the first time, new research examines the response of terrestrial soil microbes to a massive natural gas blowout and offers hope for new remediation strategies.

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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.

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