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July 21, 2011Four Men. Twelve Hours. One Crucial Sample. WHOI researchers use technology that was invented to study hydrothermal vents to capture a one-of-a-kind sample of oil and gas erupting from the seafloor after the Deepwater Horizon blowout. Source: Oceanus Magazine 
July 18, 2011A Plume of Chemicals from Deepwater Horizon Did petroleum chemicals from the stricken Deepwater Horizon oil well remain in the deep sea? WHOI scientists found and mapped a plume of hydrocarbons flowing 3,600 feet deep in the Gulf of Mexico and discovered exactly what was in it. Source: Oceanus Magazine 
May 5, 2011Life and Death in the Deep Sea A team of scientists that had been studying deep-sea coral communities on the Gulf of Mexico seafloor before the oil spill was in perfect position to assess impacts afterwards. Source: Oceanus Magazine 
April 20, 2011A Small Sip from a Big Gusher The impressive-sounding Isobaric Gas-tight sampler was invented at WHOI to sample fluids jetting from seafloor hydrothermal vents, but was equally adept at collecting oil and gas gushing out of the broken Deepwater Horizon wellhead. Source: Oceanus Magazine 
April 15, 2011Oil, Microbes, and the Risk of Dead Zones WHOI chemist Ben Van Mooy deployed two methods, one very old and the other very new, to learn whether microbes were eating oil spilled in the depths and on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. Source: Oceanus Magazine 
April 8, 2011Does Oil Affect Animals' Cellular Machinery? Meet Nematostella vectensis. The tiny orange sea anemone could be the ideal 'lab rat' to examine how oil and other impacts from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill affect the genetic and molecular machinery of animals. Source: Oceanus Magazine 
March 23, 2011Gliders Tracked Potential for Oil to Reach the East Coast In the early days of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, scientists and officials feared that oil could be transported through the Straits of Florida and up the East Coast. The scenario was entirely possible. Source: Oceanus Magazine 
January 26, 2011After the Oil Spill, Finding a Drop in the Ocean WHOI scientists have found that a technique developed for entirely different reasons could readily be adapted to track the chemical components of the oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the dispersant used to try to clean it up. Source: Oceanus Magazine 
September 17, 2010Tracking a Trail of Oil Droplets Two new instruments, developed at WHOI for basic research on microscopic marine life, were readily adapted and employed to investigate the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Source: Oceanus Magazine Related LinksA Guide to the Oil Spill Collection, 1957-2001Manuscript Collection MC-63 16 boxes (7.5 lin. ft.) Last updated: July 28, 2014 | |||||||||||
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