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Oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico impacts the coast at Pass a Loutre, La.
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Oil on blue gloved hand

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Pelicans gather at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Pelicans Perch on Oil Booms

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The coastline of American Samoa National Marine Sanctuary
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American Samoa National Marine Sanctuary

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Photograph of an oiled brown pelican squatting on the beach.
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Brown Pelican covered in oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill

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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 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Two Years Later

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Three Killer whales (Orca) swim along side researchers.
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Listening for Clues About Sonar’s Effects on Marine Mammals

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Lost nets become entangled on a coral reef in the NW Hawaiian Islands, doing damage for decades. Wave action on the net breaks pieces of coral off until the net breaks, when it is free to catch on new reefs and do more damage.
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Lost Nets Hurt Coral Reefs

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Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) workers contracted by BP clean up oil on the beach in Port Fourchon, La. May 23, 2010.
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Oil spill cleanup workers

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Oil burns during a controlled fire May 6, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Burn

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Jellyfish produce mucus, especially when stressed, which can interact with oil and break it down. This moon jellyfish is sloughing off mucus that has mixed with droplets of oil.
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Moon Jellyfish With Oil & Mucus

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An algal bloom, also known as a red tide, has converted the ocean's surf to a red color
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Red Tide

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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?

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