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Tag: oil degrading bacteria

Impacts of oil spills in the Arctic can last for decades
Pollution

Impacts of oil spills in the Arctic can last for decades

Forty years after an oil spill in the Arctic, the beaches look normal to bare eyes – but are they?
August 8, 2023August 8, 2023 Jiwoon Park
Adding Oil to the Marine Snow Mix
Pollution

Adding Oil to the Marine Snow Mix

Can oil spills lead to large marine snow events? After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill people noticed large marine snow…
January 25, 2018January 25, 2018 Victoria Treadaway
A blanket of oil: the role of bacteria in cleaning up after Deepwater Horizon
Microbiology

A blanket of oil: the role of bacteria in cleaning up after Deepwater Horizon

Nearly one million barrels of oil landed on the seafloor after the Deepwater Horizon spill - a feast if bacteria…
November 21, 2017 Michael Graw
Biological oceanography

Microbes: The original organic cleaning agents

Natural and human caused leakage of oil into the environment is commonplace throughout the world. Scientists are learning how microbes…
November 15, 2016November 15, 2016 Zak Kerrigan
Biogeochemistry

Oil spill first responders: how tiny algae cultivate oil-degrading bacteria

After an oil spill, millions of oil-degrading bacteria are on the scene almost immediately. But how do they survive in…
November 27, 2015 Michael Philben

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