Posts Tagged ‘Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute’
Oil dispersant lingers in Gulf
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — A major component of the nearly 800,000 gallons of chemical dispersant used in the Gulf to breakup oil from last year’s Deepwater Horizon spill is not degrading. Now researchers question its potential long-term effects. Continue…
Thursday, January 27, 2011 12:45 - 1 Comment
Earth & Environment - May 20, 2009 12:16 - 0 Comments
Ocean-current model doesn’t hold water?
DUKE (US)—The familiar model of Atlantic ocean currents that shows a discrete “conveyor belt” of deep, cold water flowing southward from the Labrador Sea is probably all wet based on data collected by undersea sensors. The findings could affect efforts to forecast global warming. (more…)
