ABOUT THIS SITE

Science in a Time of Crisis is a multimedia presentation featuring scientists and engineers who continued the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution legacy of oil spill research by providing an objective insight into the immediate and potential impacts of the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

CHAPTERS

Home

1: Oil Spill Pioneers

2: How Much Oil?

3: Sampling the Source

4: Searching for the Plume

5: Tracking the Currents

6: Assessing the Impacts

ADDITIONAL FEATURES

• Deepwater Horizon timeline

• Technology slideshow

CREDITS

Jenette Restivo
Scriptwriter/producer

Daniel Cojanu
Cinematographer/editor/producer

Special thanks to WHOI Trustee Bob James and his wife, Anne, for seeing the need for this project and making it possible.