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…
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…
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…
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…