Special Features![]() WHOI's Response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill A multimedia project featuring scientists and engineers who continued the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution legacy of oil spill research by providing an objective insight into the immediate and potential impacts of the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico. ![]() From December 6-15, 2010, the Dive & Discover team explored the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico with Alvin and Sentry. Image Galleries![]() ![]() Images from the 2003 oil spill in Buzzards Bay, Mass. ![]() Research study seeps off the coast of California. Videos![]() Marine Chemist Christopher Reddy describes his work on oil spills and the long term fate of oil after the spill. » View Video (Quicktime) » View Video (Media Player) ![]() Dave Valentine and his scuba-diving team at the University of California Santa Barbara collected oil leaking from a seafloor seep. The white material clinging to the seafloor is made of filamentous microbes that probably use the oil as food. » View Video (Quicktime) ![]() WHOI researchers presented the results of research conducted in the Gulf of Mexico aboard the research vessel Endeavor to assembled group of reporters at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. . » View Video (Quicktime) ![]() On Thursday, July 29, 2010 the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution invited all to a community forum to discuss the Gulf Oil spill. ![]() From The New York Times Audio Slideshows![]() Research Road Trip Bryan James, a volunteer in a research lab at WHOI, tells how he spent part of his summer vacation—on a whirlwind journey scouring Gulf of Mexico beaches to look for samples from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Source: Oceanus Magazine ![]() Asphalt Volcanoes on the Seafloor An audio slideshow: Join scientists as they discover that mysterious mounds on the seafloor near Santa Barbara, Calif., are the remnants of ancient asphalt volcanoes. And read an interview with them. Source: Oceanus Magazine Last updated: July 28, 2014 | |||||||||||
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