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A thin layer of oil on the water's surface, reflecting rainbow colors
Timeline

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Milestones

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The robotic underwater glider Scarlet Knight crossed the Atlantic over the course of several months in 2009.
Article

Underwater Robots Explore the Ocean

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The currents of the North Pacific gyre collect trash—mostly bits of microscopic plastic—into what are known as "garbage patches."
Article

Ocean Trash Plaguing Our Sea

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Two silver fish with big eyes facing one another
Article

Oil's Legacy in the Open Sea

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After the Japanese tsunami in 2011 over 280 Japanese species floated to the West Coast of the United States on marine debris. 
Video

Invasive Species Hitch a Ride on Tsunami Debris

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a bright yellow and orange colored reef with fish swimming
Article

The Ocean’s Hidden Language: How Sound Shapes the Sea

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A view of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as seen from a NOAA research aircraft, June 2010.
Article

Let's Get Our Hands Dirty This Women's History Month

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A school of mahi mahi.
Article

From Larvae to Adults – Finding Impacts of an Oil Spill on Mahi-Mahi

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A deep sea crab (Rochinia crassa) poses with sea fan (Callogorgia spp.) and coral (Lophelia pertusa) on large carbonate boulder.
Slideshow

Oil Invades Coral Communities of the Deep

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Small foram shells in seafloor sediment.
Article

Little Critters that tell a BIG Story: Benthic Foraminifera and the Gulf Oil Spill

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On coral reefs fish are important links in the food chain that sustains higher-order predators (including humans) and keeps everything in balance.
Article

Fish Get Risky Around Oil

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
Lesson Plan

Modeling the Gulf of Mexico

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