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Science in a Time of Crisis: Oil Spill Pioneers

Part 1 of a 6-part series describing WHOI's efforts to understand the scope and...

Tue, 05/10/2011 - 13:54

Mark Dodd, a wildlife biologist from Georgia's Department of Natural Resources, surveying oiled sargassum seaweed in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

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The Oil Spill, Two Years Later

Two years ago last week, on April 20, 2010, an explosion on the oil-drilling rig...

April 2012

Students share a microscope to get a closer look at plankton samples from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.

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A Current Event in the Classroom: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Sometimes, a tragic event can become a powerful teaching opportunity. The Deepwater...

May 2010

Satellite view of the Gulf Coast oil spill off of Louisiana, April 29, 2010.

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State of Emergency in the Gulf

The explosion of Deepwater Horizon, an oil-drilling platform roughly 50 miles off...

April 2010

An oil drilling platform in oil-free water two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Oil Drilling Platform in the Gulf of Mexico

Bonny Schumaker, cofounder of the nonprofit On Wings of Care, flies over the Gulf...

Head shot of Dr. Nancy Rabalais of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium.

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Lecture: "Troubled Waters in the Gulf of Mexico"

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill brought the world's attention to the Gulf of...

The National Museum of Natural History's Department of Invertebrate Zoology has developed an online map that provides information about invertebrates in the National Collection from areas impacted by the oil spill.

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Google map of invertebrates in oil spill region

The National Museum of Natural History's Department of Invertebrate Zoology has...

This map shows the localities represented by the Gulf of Mexico collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History.

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Map of Gulf of Mexico Collection

This map shows the localities represented by the Gulf of Mexico collection of the...

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State of Emergency in the Gulf

Oil Drilling Platform in the Gulf of Mexico

Lecture: "Troubled Waters in the Gulf of Mexico"

Google map of invertebrates in oil spill region

Map of Gulf of Mexico Collection

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Science in a Time of Crisis: Oil Spill Pioneers

The Oil Spill, Two Years Later

A Current Event in the Classroom: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

State of Emergency in the Gulf

Oil Drilling Platform in the Gulf of Mexico

Lecture: "Troubled Waters in the Gulf of Mexico"

Google map of invertebrates in oil spill region

Map of Gulf of Mexico Collection

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