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July 7, 2022 With energy costs rising, and the rapidly emerging effects of burning fossil fuels on the global climate, the need has never been greater for researchers to find paths to products and fuels that are ...
Mar. 8, 2023 From oil rigs to tar seeps, it's hard to miss the presence of petroleum around the Santa Barbara Channel. Scientists have now investigated the interplay between the two processes releasing oil ...
Sep. 8, 2021 Tissue abnormalities found in economically and ecologically important Eastern oysters along the Gulf Coast years after Deepwater Horizon oil ...
Oct. 18, 2023 Biodegradable plastics may not be the solution to plastic pollution many hoped for, with a new study showing they are still harmful to ...
June 1, 2022 An ancient bout of global warming 56 million years ago that acidified oceans and wiped-out marine life had a milder effect in the Gulf of Mexico, where life was sheltered by the basin's unique ...
July 6, 2021 The stage is set for a new carbon storage economy to emerge along the Gulf Coast, according to a new study, with the region offering ample opportunities to capture and store carbon, and recent state ...
June 12, 2023 Initial choices about fertilization and grass seeding could have a long-lasting effect on how plants and their associated microbes break down pollution in petroleum-contaminated ...
Dec. 22, 2021 Microorganisms can convert oil into natural gas, i.e. methane. Until recently, it was thought that this conversion was only possible through the cooperation of different organisms. In 2019, a ...
Oct. 19, 2021 Researchers have found that the bacterium Ideonella sakaiensis can fermentatively convert environmentally problematic poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) plastics into highly biodegradable ...
Nov. 23, 2021 The petrochemical industry turns oil and gas into precursors used to synthesize lubricants and other critical products. Chemists show that bacteria can be metabolically engineered to generate similar ...