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One-meter-tall plastic drifters are released into the Gulf of Mexico in 2012. Over 300 of these drifters were released and their location information was sent to researchers every five minutes through GPS satellite.

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CARTHE Drifters: Where does oil go when it is spilled?

February 2014

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