The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) spill released 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) over 87 days. Sediment and water sampling efforts were concentrated SW of the DWH and in coastal areas. Here we present geochemistry data…
A recent study published in Deep-Sea Research II, conducted by researchers at Eckerd College, University of South Florida, and Franklin & Marshall College, characterizes the sedimentation geochemistry of cores from sites around the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill. The work done by this…
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations across the Florida Panhandle continental shelf and slope after the BP MC 252 well failure Abstract The Florida Panhandle continental shelf environment was exposed to oil from the BP oil well failure in the Gulf of…
Our research group at Wageningen University is working on studying the effects of dispersants on the fate of oil in realistic conditions. The poster in the link below presents the preliminary results of a plunging jet method combined with a…
C-IMAGE co-PI Dr. John Paul received some media attention earlier this month when his publication "Toxicity and Mutagenicity of Gulf of Mexico Waters During and After The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill" came out in Environmental Science and Technology. His study…
A summary of the MOSSFA Town Hall Meeting from the GoMRI Conference appears in this week's EOS. The piece was written by Dr. Nancy Kinner, Laura Belden, and Peter Kinner. Read the full article here.
