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An underwater blizzard of oil, marine microbes, "sea snot", and algae.

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Five Questions with Uta Passow, How An Oil Spill Affects the Movement of Carbon In the Ocean

March 2015

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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?

February 2014

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

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Underwater Robots Explore the Ocean

October 2010

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