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Scientists With Data Agree…A Deepwater Oil Plume Exists in the Gulf

Dr. M August 19, 2010 Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico Hydrocarbons Methane Seep microbial oil plume Oil Spill oxygen petroleum Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

BP want’s to deny the presence of a deepwater oil plume in the Gulf of Mexico. The very oil plume both predicted by models published in…

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Why Oil-Laden Prey is Bad for Sea Birds

Kevin Zelnio June 15, 2010 Antioxidant Best of Zelnio Carotenoid Gull Hydrocarbons Larus michahellis Oil Spill Oxidative Stress Pollutant pollution Prestige Seagull

Oil is bad for wildlife. Period. But we really do not understand how it is bad. What does it do? Can marine organisms respond physiologically…

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