Engineers are still using techniques from the 1970s to disperse oil. Now scientists are studying how dispersants affect the microbes.Engineers are still using techniques from the 1970s to disperse oil. Now scientists are studying how dispersants affect the microbes.
The marine environment in the Gulf of Mexico is still suffering three years after nearly 5 million barrels of crude oil gushed from the blown out Macondo well. Scientists from the Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of the Gulf Ecosystem, C-IMAGE, are studying the effects on the tiny life forms at the base of the food chain.