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Scientists at sea and on the shore How are they studying the effects of the spill?

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1 Scientists at sea and on the shore How are they studying the effects of the spill?

2 Searching For Oil CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth) Info from sensors Info from scientists

3 Using Echo-sounders Searching For Oil

4 Larvacean Copepod Decapod Oil Droplet Searching For Oil

5 The Science of Prediction

6 Help in Prediction

7 Breakdown of dispersants by the sun Dispersants CH 2 NaO 3 S CH 2 CH 3 Ocean Chemistry How dispersants work Oil

8 A Tiny Solution?

9 Impacts on Primary Production (Image copyright Smithsonian Environmental Research Center)

10 Impacts On Marine Mammals

11 Testing Our Food

12 Social research Social Science

13 You are the scientist… What questions would you research related to the oil spill?


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