Pollution
How Is Fukushima’s Fallout Affecting Marine Life?
» 日本語版 The Fukushima nuclear disaster delivered an unprecedented amount of radioactivity into the sea over a relatively brief time. How did that pulse of cesium and other radioisotopes make…
Radioisotopes in the Ocean
» 日本語版 The release of radioisotopes from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in March…
放射能の基礎知識
平均的な一般人にとって、「放射能」という言葉には強烈で恐ろしい響きがある。しかし実をいうと、放射性物質は、天然のものも人工のものも私たちの身のまわりにあふれている。そして、特に海洋学者にとっては研究のために重要な道具でもある。
日本の三重災害
現在「日本の三重災害」として知られている地震、津波、原発事故の苦難の連鎖は、海底の大規模な破壊とともに始まった。
ABCs of Radioactivity
To the average layperson, “radioactivity” is a harsh and scary word. But the fact is…
Japan’s Triple Disaster
The chain of calamity now known as Japan’s Triple Disaster began with a massive rupture…
Do Oil and Corals Mix?
Scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) helped find strong evidence that the Deepwater Horizon…
Lessons from the 2011 Japan Quake
When the ground in Japan started shaking on March 11, 2011, the Japanese, who are…
Fukushima’s Fallout and Marine Life
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Tracking Toxic Chemicals in Oil Spills
I don’t do San Francisco like most people. I skip the cable cars, Lombard Street,…
Scientists Solve a Deepwater Horizon Mystery
Right after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded April 20, 2010, marine scientist Monty Graham…
Every Chromatogram Tells a Story
Where is this mountainous landscape? Actually, that’s the wrong question. It’s a landscape, all right,…
At Deepwater Horizon, Basic Research Was Applied
“Basic research, directed simply toward more complete understanding of nature and its laws, embarks upon…
Research Road Trip
Audio slideshow: A three-day, 500-mile quest for tarballs
Up From the Seafloor Came a Bubbling Brew
Eleven days after the explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20, 2010,…
Shifting Sands and Bacteria on the Beach
Most coastal communities in the United States test the water at beaches for the presence…
Four Men. Twelve Hours. One Crucial Sample.
The prize they coveted amounted to nothing more than about four gallons of natural gas…
A Plume of Chemicals from Deepwater Horizon
Along with the torrent of hot gas and oil spewing from the bottom of the…
Of Predators, Prey, and Petroleum
Protists are the Rodney Dangerfields of marine microbes. Although marine bacteria emerged as heroes in…
Life and Death in the Deep Sea
It was an experiment they hoped would never happen. But when it did, they were…
A Small Sip from a Big Gusher
How much oil gushed out of the Deepwater Horizon well and into the Gulf of…
Oil, Microbes, and the Risk of Dead Zones
In the scramble to get to the Gulf of Mexico to study the Deepwater Horizon…
Does Oil Affect Animals’ Cellular Machinery?
Ann Tarrant has a soft spot for a tiny, tentacled creature. So what if starlet…
Gliders Tracked Potential for Oil to Reach the East Coast
In the initial days of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, a spotlight shone on a little-known…