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a ripple of rust colored oil in the ocean
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Deepwater Oil

An oil slick from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in May 2010. ...
scientists in life jackets await the retrieval of a big net off the back of ship
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Working the Back Deck

Scientists await a net as it is hauled back on deck. ...
two veterinarians listen to a dolphins heart next to a dock
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Navy Dolphin

A trained Navy dolphin assumes a voluntary right lateral present in the water and...
a balloon on the back of a boat
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An Aerostat Balloon

An aerostat is readied to deploy....
Scientists on a ship toss drifters overboard
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Drifters Overboard

The drifters are tossed overboard and then tracked via satellite. ...
A zodiac boat and bamboo plates in the ocean
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Bamboo Plates Map Currents

These plates were tracked by a drone from above. ...
a ship from above
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Spying a Front

A ship moves through a front, possibly with oil....
An aerial shot of oil rigs off the Louisiana coast.
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Oil Rigs off the Louisiana Coast

A still from SOLA: Louisiana Water Stories, part of the 19th Annual Environmental...
A view of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as seen from a NOAA research aircraft, June 2010.
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The Oil Spill From Above

In this view of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill from above in June 2010, you can...
Blue Crab walking in wet sand.
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Blue Crab On The Gulf Coast

We often assume that an oil spill means instant death or long-term harm to all...
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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Deploying GLAD Drifters

Researchers launch one-meter-tall plastic drifters into the Gulf of Mexico in 2012....
The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred on March 24, 1989 when an oil tanker grounded on a reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. It spilled almost 11 million gallons of crude oil, which reached 1,300 miles of coastline. The spill's remote location, accessib
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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred on March 24, 1989 when an oil tanker grounded...

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