Sentences with phrase «oil seeps in»

In the water above natural oil seeps in the Gulf of Mexico, where oil and gas bubbles rise almost a mile to break at the surface, scientists have discovered something unusual: phytoplankton, tiny microbes at the base of the marine food chain, are thriving.

Hazen, who has studied previous oil spill sites, notes that natural oil seeps in the region ensure a constant presence of such cold - loving oil - eaters.

Let it sit for 1 - 2 days before using to let it oil seep in.

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They have the strangest consistency — the way the oil seeps out of them when they get stuck in your teeth lol I wil certainly be giving this a try for breakfast.

After washing, rub some olive oil over your cookware's surface and place it on a stove or in an oven, at a low temperature, to allow the oil to seep in.

That is what happens when you fry in vegetable oil... the oil seeps into what you are frying and you end up with something very greasy.

The oil may help spread the vinegar through, but adding it first will cause your greens to darken and and become limp more quickly (the lack of surface tensions allows the oil to seep in through cuts and holes in the leaves).

Toxics Targeting also found in the state environmental agency's documents that numerous un-remediated spills could threaten groundwater on Long Island, including reports that in Sag Harbor oil was seeping up through asphalt near a boat yard that was once an oil tank farm.

«The Gulf is a great place for these bacteria because it has more natural oil seeps than any other place in the world,» Hazen says.

The natural seeps of gas and oil could contribute to the overall levels in the ocean water, possibly complicating scientists» attempts to understand how much oil spilled and what the effects will be on the gulf.

About 0.6 kilograms of methane emerge each second in the summer, Mumma said, which is comparable to the emissions from a natural oil seep near Santa Barbara, California.

«The Gulf of Mexico is home to one of the largest concentrations of underwater hydrocarbon seeps, and it has been speculated that this helped in the selection of oil - degrading microbes that were observed in the underwater plumes,» he said.

Each time the ship crossed over a known oil seep, he noticed a spike in phytoplankton abundance.

Lead author Nigel D'Souza, then a postdoctoral researcher at Lamont, discovered the phytoplankton response to oil seeps while on a ship in the Gulf of Mexico monitoring chlorophyll fluorescence — energy that is emitted as light by compounds inside phytoplankton cells used for photosynthesis.

The oil itself does not appear to help the phytoplankton, but the low concentration of oil found above natural seeps isn't killing them, and turbulence from the rising oil and gas bubbles is bringing up deep - water nutrients that phytoplankton need to grow, according to a new study appearing in the latest issue of Nature Geoscience.

The natural seeps, found in many parts of the Gulf of Mexico, are tiny compared to an oil - well blowout.

«In Gulf Of Mexico, microbes thrive above natural oil seeps: New insight into how plankton and oil interact.»

In total, 4.3 million barrels were released into the Gulf from the oil spill versus an annual release of 160,000 to 600,000 barrels per year from naturally occurring seeps, according to the new results.

MacDonald had been working on data using satellite images of natural oil seeps for 10 years and added in the Deepwater Horizon spill work a few years ago.

The results published in Nature Geoscience show that phytoplankton concentrations near the oil seeps were as much as twice as productive as those a few kilometers away where there were no seeps.

Researcher Ajit Subramaniam, an oceanographer at Columbia University's Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory, used the data set to focus on natural oil seeps and discovered something unusual — phytoplankton, the base of the marine food chain — were thriving in the area of these natural oil seeps.

The researchers report that the oil seep developed after a dramatic drop in water levels in the Gulf, triggered by evaporation and coinciding with the PETM, the previously reported surge in temperatures.

Analysis of samples from the outcrop convinced the researchers that the «coal» was in fact a fossilized oil seep dating to the late Paleocene / early Eocene.

For years now, wastewater pumped underground as part of oil and gas development has seeped into natural cracks in that rock, easing the friction that keeps it stuck in place.

This is best done straight after a shower or bath whilst skin is still damp as this will allow the oil to just melt straight in, seeping into the pores for intensive moisturisation.

From normal to oil - prone complexions, each micro-powder seeps in and absorbs excess oils, while ultimately reducing the size of pores.

As your moisturizer seeps into your skin, the tea tree oil in it will make its way into your pores, disinfecting and getting rid of any acne or blackheads.

Upon lifting his night vision goggles, the leader's entire headgear disappears into thin air, revealing a face seeping with the same black oil that was not only present earlier in the same trailer, but also in the reveal trailer.

Other potential sources include piston rings and valve stem seals, which allow oil to seep into the cylinders while the car is off, resulting in smoke when it's started.

Is this something that would typically cause car - non-starting problems immediately, or might it in stop the spark plugs operating only after a certain amount of time (e.g. for the oil to seep in), or perhaps only after the engine has run a few times (e.g. needing the motion of the engine to foul the spark plug gap)?

Cause: In affected vehicles, engine oil from the vacuum pump may seep into the brake booster, damaging a component within the brake booster.

At the sea surface the seeps are marked by oil slicks, and in places, bubble froth.

The Coal Oil Point seep field (COP) in the Santa Barbara Channel offshore from Goleta, California, is a marine petroleum seep area of about three square kilometres, within the Offshore South Ellwood Oil Field and stretching from the coastline southward more than three kilometers (1.9 mi).

In an exhibition titled Seep by two artists a video beautifully highlights the natural seepage of oil out of the ground in IraIn an exhibition titled Seep by two artists a video beautifully highlights the natural seepage of oil out of the ground in Irain Iran.

Oil stains seep through the floors, spectral hints from its industrial past (at the Pollock - Krasner House in East Hampton, the floor is splashed with the artists» paint drippings).

As Bill Broad reported in The Times in June, the gulf seabed is home to communities of organisms that thrive on petrochemical seeps and scientists are split on whether deep drifting oil from the Macondo well poses a significant environmental risk.

Over 80 % of these filters end up in landfills — all of which contains four to six ounces of oil that seeps into the ground waters of our landfill sites.»

In polluted harbors and places with natural seeps, oil spills have disappeared «miraculously» overnight.

Their company was in need of someone to travel around and check out possible oil seeps — and Drake's free train use made him the ideal candidate for the job.

Methane has also been seeping from marshes, bubbling out of oceans, leaking from coal seams and oil seeps and being released in huge quantities from volcanoes.

Good news for BP Plc. and other oil, coal and chemical companies seeped out last week from New Orleans, barely noticed in the blanket coverage of the as - yet uncontrolled oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico.

In addition, the chemicals may potentially seep into groundwater, endangering residents of communities situated near oil and gas fields.