A Natural Oil Spill Dispersal Process

A team of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers—including ESD scientists Janet Jansson (Ecosystems Biology Program Head), Olivia Mason, Romy Chakraborty, Sharon Borglin, Hoi-Ying Holman, Eric Dubinsky, Markus Bill, Regina Lamendella, Lauren Tom, Mark Conrad, and Terry Hazen—found that nature (in addition to human efforts) played a role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill dispersal process.

As reported in:

JGI News Release

For past ESD scientific work related to the 2010 Gulf oil spill, go to the following:

http://earthsciences.typepad.com/blog/2010/08/study-shows-deepwater-oil-plume-in-gulf-degraded-by-microbes.html

http://earthsciences.typepad.com/blog/2010/09/gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill-commission-scientists-panel.html

http://earthsciences.typepad.com/blog/2011/01/flow-simulation-approach-to-estimating-oil-and-gas-leakage-rate-from-the-2010-bp-macondo-well-blowou.html

http://earthsciences.typepad.com/blog/2011/02/the-exxon-valdez-and-bp-mc-252-oil-spills-what-we-learned-about-petroleum-biodegradation-and-bioreme.html

http://earthsciences.typepad.com/blog/2011/02/microbes-oil-spills-faq.html

http://earthsciences.typepad.com/blog/2011/04/esds-terry-hazen-reflects-on-gulf-oil-spill.html

http://earthsciences.typepad.com/blog/2011/06/esds-terry-hazen-wins-pnnls-outstanding-lecture-award.html

http://earthsciences.typepad.com/blog/2011/07/a-look-back-at-deepwater.html

http://earthsciences.typepad.com/blog/2011/08/hazenmicrobes-make-est-cover.html