Search

Showing results for

Content type

Article Type

Topics

Tags

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative researchers collect samples from a Pensacola Beach with oil layers in the sand. They use genomics to track how the communities of microbes change as they digest different components of oil after a spill.
Article

Three Ways You Can Use Genomics to Study Oil Spill Impacts

Read the Full Article
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
Lesson Plan

Bay Drift: Tracking Ocean Pollution

Read the Full Overview
an oyster shell on a beach
Article

How to Survive an Oil Spill: Oyster Edition

Read the Full Article
Positioned in front of a natural oil seep, this video camera is capturing images of the black oil bubbling up from beneath the sea floor. A light mounted to the frame helps see what is happening in the dark on the sea floor.
Article

How Oil Feeds the Deep Sea

Read the Full Article
Alexis Temkin stands in marsh grass holding a reptile.
Article

Five Questions With Alexis Temkin, Searching For Links Between Deepwater Horizon & Human Health

Read the Full Article
a veterinarian listens to a dolphin's heartbeat
Article

The Musical Hearts of Dolphins

Read the Full Article
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.
Article

How Jellyfish Break Down Oil After a Spill

Read the Full Article
A wildlife biologist surveys oiled algae
Article

Five Things The Gulf Oil Spill Has Taught Us About the Ocean

Read the Full Article
A wildlife biologist surveys oiled algae
Article

Breaking Down the Myths and Misconceptions About the Gulf Oil Spill

Read the Full Article