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Scientists at sea and on the shore
How are they studying the effects of the spill?
Searching For Oil
CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth)
Info from sensors
Info from scientists
Using Echo-sounders
Searching For Oil
Larvacean
CopepodDecapod
Oil Droplet
Searching For Oil
The Science of Prediction
Help in Prediction
Breakdown of dispersants by the sun
Dispersants
CH2
CH2
NaO3SNaO3S
CH2
CH3
Ocean ChemistryHow dispersants work
Oil
A Tiny Solution?
Impacts on Primary Production
(Image copyright Smithsonian Environmental Research Center)
Impacts On Marine Mammals
Testing Our Food
• Social research
Social Science
You are the scientist…
What questions would you research related to the oil spill?