Ajit Subramaniam at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, who analyzed the data of the new research, noted that phytoplankton looked healthier and twice as dense in areas marked by natural oil seeps than in areas with no seeps.
Date: Jan 26, 2016
Category: Sci/Tech
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Natural oil seeps encourage microbial life in Gulf of Mexico
"This is the beginning of evidence that some microbes in the Gulf may be preconditioned to survive with oil, at least at lower concentrations," Ajit Subramaniam, an oceanographer at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. said in a press release.
Date: Jan 25, 2016
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
Emails expose BP's attempts to control research into impact of Gulf oil spill
The first round of funds were awarded last May to a consortium of gulf coast researchers. "The rest we are all waiting with bated breath," said Ajit Subramaniam, a marine scientist at the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory. "A lot of the funds might be for understanding future spills. It is also uncle