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Will you be my Naphthalene?
This image of a single molecule of crude oil from the Gulf of Mexico appears to have an intrinsic sense of romance on Valentine’s Day. WHOI scientists Bob Nelson and […]
Read MoreToasting a new ship
The little ship that could
Pavement for the Seafloor
Heather Coleman, a graduate student from the University of California at Santa Barbara, examines a chunk of natural asphalt retrieved by the Alvin submersible from the Santa Barbara […]
Read MoreNo Stone Unturned
WHOI marine chemist Chris Reddy collects and examines oil-covered rocks at Nyes Neck in West Falmouth, Mass., following the April 2003 spill from the Bouchard 120 oil barge. […]
Read MoreDeepwater Horizon – major findings and technological advances
Ten years ago, a powerful explosion destroyed an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and injuring 17 others. Over a span of 87 days, the Deepwater Horizon well released an estimated 168 million gallons of oil and 45 million gallons of natural gas into the ocean, making it the largest accidental marine oil spill in history.
Read MoreThe Tale of the Arizona
This two-dimensional gas chromatogram created by WHOI technician Bob Nelson from samples collected by chemist Chris Reddy tells a very special story. In July 2018, Reddy traveled to Pearl […]
Read MoreUnderwater Wonders
Researchers at WHOI spend their time trying to understand the ocean—the physics of its currents, the chemistry of its water and sediments, the geology of its seafloor, […]
Read MoreDeepwater Horizon
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which killed 11 people and released about 75,000 gallons of oil per hour into the Gulf of Mexico for […]
Read MoreStill There
In the summer of 2013, guest student Ferdinand Oberle collected samples of oil on a beach along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Each year since the Deepwater […]
Read MoreA Shard of Evidence
A Day at the Beach
In April, Coastal Ocean Institute director Chris Reddy returned to the Gulf of Mexico with research assistant Catherine Carmichael (above). The pair visited several beaches around the Gulf to […]
Read MorePeaks of Interest
MIT/WHOI graduate student Kristin Smith and marine chemist Chris Reddy examine data from a sample of oil that naturally seeped from the seafloor off the coast of Santa […]
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