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Dispersant from Deepwater Horizon Spill Found to Persist in the Environment

By Guest PostOctober 20, 2014Environmentbacteria, bp, chris reddy, deepwater horizon spill, doss, elizabeth kujawinski, Environment, epa, fruehjahrsputz staub, gomri, gulf of mexico, hantavirus infektionen, helen white, infektionsrisiko durch hantaviren, krank durch fruehjahrsputz, mini brains, oceanographic institution, puumala virus, puuv infektionen, puuv virus, roetelmaus, whoi, woods hole

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) spill in the Gulf of Mexico was the largest accidental release of oil into the ocean, with approximately 210 million gallons gushing from the blown out well. In an attempt to prevent vast quantities of oil from fouling beaches and marshes, BP applied 1.84 million gallons of chemical dispersant to oil to oil released in the subsurface and to oil slicks at the sea surface. The dispersant was thought to rapidly degrade in the environment. (more…)

Scientists Train the Next Generation on Oil Spill Research

As part of on-going research nearly four years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will team up with a group of high school students in Florida to collect remnants of oil from Gulf Coast beaches this week.

Marine chemist Chris Reddy studies how the many compounds that compose petroleum hydrocarbon, or oil, behave and change over time after an oil spill. He and his researchers have collected and analyzed about 1,000 oil samples from the Gulf Coast since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (more…)

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Dispersant from Deepwater Horizon Spill Found to Persist in the Environment

Scientists Train the Next Generation on Oil Spill Research