Sentences with phrase «future oil spills»

Our Citizen Scientists for Tidepool Assemblage Research (CSTAR) supplements the 20 + years of data MARINe has collected by establishing a pilot project for volunteer citizen scientists to collect data that helps evaluate the health of intertidal ecosystems and determine impacts from future oil spills.

The findings will likely contribute to more accurate assessments of the impacts of future oil spills, Incardona said.

Washington (CNN)- President Obama has named former Florida Sen. Bob Graham, D - Florida, and former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator William K. Reilly to head a new bipartisan commission tasked with investigating how to prevent future oil spills.

For those of you running for your calculators, yes it's a small fraction of one percent of the oil initially spilled, but the researchers say their findings have implications for future oil spill cleanup and that «considerable amounts of chemicals» harmful to wildlife remain: Two Layers of Gravel Keep Oil From Dispersing What's happening is the result of the composition of the beaches affected.

«Our estimate can guide policy makers and the oil industry in determining not only how much should be spent on restoration efforts for the Deepwater spill, but also how much should be invested to protect against damages that could result from future oil spills,» said Boyle.

Tests conducted last week of a novel technology that can greatly accelerate the combustion of crude oil floating on water demonstrated its potential to become an effective tool for minimizing the environmental impact of future oil spills.

This has implications for future oil spills and how we take advantage of the natural environmental response.»

Gerry went on to say he thinks the best way to prevent a future oil spill is to curb the U.S.'s dependence on oil.

«Now that we have quantified this missing piece of the puzzle, we can improve our real - time predictive capabilities in the event of a future oil spill.»

The study, aimed at quantifying the small - scale circulation that can not be captured by satellite - based altimeter measurements or general circulation models, has immediate practical applications to help better predict the path of catastrophic pollutant events, such as from future oil spills or nuclear disaster events.

On top of estimating the impact of the spill, the $ 17.2 billion represents the benefits to the public to protect against damages that could result from a future oil spill in the Gulf of a similar magnitude.

The findings, published in the journal Nature Microbiology, have applications for responding to future oil spills and other ecological disasters, while shedding light on the ways in which tiny microbes played an outsized role in limiting damage from the 2010 spill caused by the explosion of a BP oil rig.

By sequencing the genome of this oil - eating microbe, the scientists hope to harness its power to help clean up future oil spills.