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Bryan James collecting an oil spill sample off the jetty rocks.

Bryan James collecting an oil spill sample off the jetty rocks.
Bryan James collecting an oil spill sample off the jetty rocks.
Bryan James collecting an oil spill sample off the jetty rocks.
Bryan James collecting an oil spill sample off the jetty rocks.
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(30°21′45″N, 89°5′4″W)
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McNulty, Mike
Bryan James collecting an oil spill sample off the jetty rocks.
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07/10/2013
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Info from Bob Nelson:
Collecting samples of oil that washed up on the beach during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Reddy's lab has been collecting samples since the oil spill began and they are storing them as part of our "weathered oil" respository for the Deepwater Horizon collection. They collect oil covered sand (they call them sand paddies) as well as samples that they scrape off rocks. They cover a lot of ground during these trips, typically starting in the Pensacola area (Perdido Beach) and working their way westward stopping at Gulf Shores, and Fort Morgan Beach. From there they take a ferry across Mobile Bay to Dauphin Island, AL and collect more samples.They end up in New Orleans, LA at the end of day 2. Day 3, they head down to Grand Isle, Elmers Island and Port Fourchon (all in Louisiana), collect more samples and then drive back to New Orleans.
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WHOI marine chemistry and geochemistry departments Bryan James scrapes oil off a rock on a Gulf Coast beach in 2013. The oil sample is one of about a thousand collected from the region since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill four years ago today that is part of WHOI marine chemist Chris Reddys oil repository library. After it is collected, the oil sample is catalogued in an online database that is free and accessible to the public and scientific community. Reddy and his team of researchers continue to collect and catalogue oil samples from Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana beaches to study how oil spilled in the environment weathers over time.
Photo by Mike McNulty
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