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 Press Release 10-088 Gulf Oil Spill: NSF Awards Rapid Response Grant to Study Microbes' Natural Degradation of Oil
Do manufactured dispersants interfere with microbes' natural oil-dispersing ability?
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Oil that has reached the Gulf's surface glints in mid-day sunlight.
Credit: NASA |
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Scientists collect Gulf of Mexico oil samples for study of the oil's degradation process.
Credit: George Wardlaw |
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Along with flotsam and jetsam, oil lines beaches along the Gulf of Mexico.
Credit: Molly Redmond |
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David Valentine and colleagues study oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Credit: George Wardlaw |
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The Gulf's wildlife is increasingly being affected by the spill.
Credit: NOAA |
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Oceanographers are carefully watching the Gulf's Loop Current, which may carry oil far afield.
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