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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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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

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A raindrop falls into a surface oil slick treated with chemical dispersant.
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After the Oil Spill: Research Projects in the Gulf of Mexico with GoMRI

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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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How Jellyfish Break Down Oil After a 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.
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Fish Get Risky Around Oil

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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Interactive
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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Interactive

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Illustration of an offshore oil rig.
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What Are Fossil Fuels?

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A Fish Graveyard
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Fish Graveyard

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Shrimp in a net.
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Shrimp Catch

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boats sweeping up the oil slick
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Sweeping up the Oil Slick

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an oyster shell on a beach
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How to Survive an Oil Spill: Oyster Edition

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A C-130 Hercules from the Air Force Reserve Command deploys dispersant into the Gulf of Mexico May 5, 2010, as part of the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill response effort.
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Building a Better Dispersant

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