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Bob the Drifter

This video, produced by Waterlust, shows how the Consortium for Advanced Research...

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Oil Invades Coral Communities of the Deep

On the deep seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico, ecosystems made up of fish, corals, sea...

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Citizen Science With a Drift Card

When oil spills into seawater, it's hard to know where ocean currents will carry...

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Cells Get Fat

These cells are from a pygmy sperm whale in a laboratory culture dish. The red dyed...

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Fiddler Crabs In a Gulf Marsh

One of the biggest questions is how Gulf animals will fare in the years after the...

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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...

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Layers of Weathered Oil

There are many sources of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, including natural deep-sea oil...

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A Dirty Blizzard In the Gulf of Mexico

The “Dirty Blizzard of 2010” wasn’t a Nor’Easter. Instead, it was a...

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Killifish in the Gulf of Mexico

Some fish only spend a part of the year in the Gulf of Mexico, but some, like the...

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Marsh Erosion After An Oil Spill

One of the worst places for oil to end up after a spill is in marshes, where it can...

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Oil Spewing From Macondo Well

Dispersants, soap-like chemicals that cause oil to mix with water more easily, have...

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A Rain Drop On An Oil Slick

Some of the biggest questions about oil spills center around tiny droplets: drops...