Special FeaturesScience in a Time of CrisisWHOI's Response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill A multimedia project 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. Dive and Discover's Expedition to the Gulf of Mexico From December 6-15, 2010, the Dive & Discover team explored the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico with Alvin and Sentry. Image GalleriesImages from the GulfBouchard 120 Oil Spill Images from the 2003 oil spill in Buzzards Bay, Mass. Santa Barbara Oil Seeps Research study seeps off the coast of California. VideosWhat Happens When Oil SpillsMarine Chemist Christopher Reddy describes his work on oil spills and the long term fate of oil after the spill. » View Video (Quicktime) » View Video (Media Player) Seafloor Oil Seep Dave Valentine and his scuba-diving team at the University of California Santa Barbara collected oil leaking from a seafloor seep. The white material clinging to the seafloor is made of filamentous microbes that probably use the oil as food. » View Video (Quicktime) Press Conference: August 19, 2010 WHOI researchers presented the results of research conducted in the Gulf of Mexico aboard the research vessel Endeavor to assembled group of reporters at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. . » View Video (Quicktime) Public Forum: WHOI in the Gulf of Mexico On Thursday, July 29, 2010 the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution invited all to a community forum to discuss the Gulf Oil spill. Lessons from an Old Oil Spill From The New York Times Audio SlideshowsResearch Road Trip Bryan James, a volunteer in a research lab at WHOI, tells how he spent part of his summer vacation—on a whirlwind journey scouring Gulf of Mexico beaches to look for samples from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Asphalt Volcanoes on the Seafloor An audio slideshow: Join scientists as they discover that mysterious mounds on the seafloor near Santa Barbara, Calif., are the remnants of ancient asphalt volcanoes. And read an interview with them. | |||||||||||
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