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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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Small foram shells in seafloor sediment.
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A Foram That Thrives Where Others Can't

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Hydrothermal Vent Food Web

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Benthic Octopus Coloring Sheet

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A brittle star clings to the branches of a deep sea coral
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A Brittle Star May Be a Coral’s Best Friend

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A deep sea anglerfish called a dreamer
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The Gulf of Mexico: A Deep-Sea Treasure Trove of Fishes

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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.
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Three Ways You Can Use Genomics to Study Oil Spill Impacts

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A wildlife biologist surveys oiled algae
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Five Things The Gulf Oil Spill Has Taught Us About the Ocean

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A large, black instrument is hauled onto a ship's deck by researchers wearing hard hats and life vests.
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What the Big Picture Can Teach Us About Tiny Ocean Creatures

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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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a small spikey crab sits on a black background
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Tiny Crab Gains a Big Audience

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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.
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How Oil Feeds the Deep Sea

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