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Deepwater Horizon Spill: New Method Successfully Predicted How Oil Would Spread
September 2, 2010 — Prompted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a scientist has come up with a new way of predicting how contaminants like oil will spread. He was able to forecast several days in advance that oil from ... > full story -
Devastating Psychological Effects of BP Gulf Disaster Explored
August 30, 2010 — Anger, depression and helplessness are the main psychological responses being seen in response to the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and they are likely to have ... > full story -
Tiny Gulf Sea Creature Could Shed Light on Oil Spill’s Impact
August 26, 2010 — A molecular biologist will soon bring dozens of tiny, transparent animals that live in Gulf Coast waters back to his campus laboratory as part of an effort to better understand the oil spill's ... > full story -
Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Oil Plume Studied in Great Depths
August 26, 2010 — A new technology -- GeoChip -- played a critical role in an intensive study of the dispersed oil plume that formed at a depth between 3,600 and 4,000 feet some 10 miles from BP's Deepwater Horizon ... > full story -
Supercomputers Help Track Species Affected by Gulf Oil Spill
August 25, 2010 — To establish a baseline for measuring and predicting the biological impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, an ichthyologist and a biomedical informatics researcher are using supercomputer systems ... > full story -
Coral Off Puerto Rico's Coast 'Ideal Case Study' for Gulf Oil Spill's Impact
August 25, 2010 — Coral living off the coast of Puerto Rico may provide researchers valuable information about the potential impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil ... > full story -
Deepwater Oil Plume in Gulf Degraded by Microbes, Study Shows
August 24, 2010 — A new study of a deepwater dispersed oil plume formed in the aftermath of the damaged BP wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico shows that microbial activity, spearheaded by a new and unclassified species, ... > full story -
Could the Answer to Cleaning Up the Gulf Coast Oil Spill Lie in Geometry?
August 23, 2010 — Researchers are studying how naturally occurring microbes can best be used to eat away remaining crude oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico. Their choice of weapon: ... > full story -
Deep Plumes of Oil Could Cause Dead Zones in the Gulf
August 19, 2010 — A new simulation of oil and methane leaked into the Gulf of Mexico suggests that deep hypoxic zones or "dead zones" could form near the source of the pollution. The research investigates five ... > full story -
Scientists Map and Confirm Origin of Large, Underwater Hydrocarbon Plume in Gulf
August 19, 2010 — Scientists have detected a plume of hydrocarbons that is at least 22 miles long and more than 3,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, a residue of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil ... > full story
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