2010 BP Oil Spill Fuels Booming Research Into Environmental Impact on Gulf of Mexico

摘要

In the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, research efforts have blossomed in the Gulf, with thousands of scientists studying everything from crude-tolerant jellyfish to the thermodynamics of oil dispersion to alligator stem cells. Five years removed from the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig disaster, a team of scientists and marine biologists is using part of a $500 million grant from BP to create a single database to house the troves of information stemming from the lawsuits, damage assessments and research endeavors to make sense of the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history.