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a ripple of rust colored oil in the ocean
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Deepwater Oil

An oil slick from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in May 2010. ...
a balloon on the back of a boat
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An Aerostat Balloon

An aerostat is readied to deploy....
Scientists on a ship toss drifters overboard
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Drifters Overboard

The drifters are tossed overboard and then tracked via satellite. ...
A Fish Graveyard
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Fish Graveyard

Despite the fears reflected in this photo, we won’t know the full impact of the...
Shrimp in a net.
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Shrimp Catch

Shrimp from Campos' Marina. Less than 2 weeks later, the Campos' Marina was shut...
A jet drops dispersant onto the Gulf oil slick.
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Dispersant Drop

A U.S. Air Force jet drops dispersant onto the Gulf oil slick. The dispersant was...
boats sweeping up the oil slick
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Sweeping up the Oil Slick

Clean-up workers use booms to try to contain the oil and keep it from entering...
A wildlife biologist surveys oiled algae
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Oil Slick in the Gulf

Mark Dodd, wildlife biologist from Georgia's Department of Natural Resources,...
A red and orange tomopterid with a black background.
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Tomopterid

Citizen Science Tracks Oil’s Path: When oil spills into seawater, it's hard to know where ocean currents will carry it. To map Gulf currents and improve predictions, scientists with GoMRI's GISR project are dropping biodegradable yellow driftcards throug
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Citizen Science With a Drift Card

When oil spills into seawater, it's hard to know where ocean currents will carry...
Gulf Marsh Animals Bounce Back But Monitoring Continues: One of the biggest questions is how Gulf animals will fare in the years after the spill, since oil spill impacts don't often happen immediately. One group of GoMRI researchers studied salt marsh anim
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Fiddler Crabs In a Gulf Marsh

One of the biggest questions is how Gulf animals will fare in the years after the...
Blue Crab walking in wet sand.
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Blue Crab On The Gulf Coast

We often assume that an oil spill means instant death or long-term harm to all...

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