Paper reviews major findings from the Deepwater Horizon spill ten years afterward
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Researchers analyze 125 compounds from oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico to determine their longevity -
New research demonstrates that contaminants from Deepwater Horizon lingered in subsurface water before sinking to the seafloor -
Before Deepwater Horizon, scientists didn’t know that oil and marine snow had anything to do with each other -
Assessing the environmental damage caused by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill has been a challenge -
Researchers suspect that the containers on the rig holding trapped oil may be the source -
On the second anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform blowout, a national panel of researchers is providing new insight into what happened in the disaster, as well as a guide for how to deal with such events in the future, and why...
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In a new study, UC Santa Barbara scientists explain how they used DNA to identify microbes present in the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and how they identified the microbes responsible for consuming the large amount...
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To combat last year's Deepwater Horizon oil spill, nearly 800,000 gallons of chemical dispersant were injected directly into the oil and gas flow coming out of the wellhead nearly one mile deep in the Gulf of Mexico.
