Five heterotrophic bacteria isolated from brackish water collected from Nembe waterside, Port Harcourt, Rivers State were cultured aerobically in the presence of varying concentrations (0, 25, 50, 75 and 100mg/ml) of oil spill dispersants (Gold Crew and Camol) to determine the effects of the toxicants on their growth. The isolates were identified as Staphylococcus, Enterobacter, Bacillus, Pseud...

PURPOSE The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill is the largest marine oil spill in US history. Few studies have evaluated the potential health effects of this spill on the Gulf Coast community. The Women and Their Children's Health (WaTCH) study is a prospective cohort designed to investigate the midterm to long-term physical, mental and behavioural health effects of exposure to the oil spill. PARTIC...

The nation’s largest maritime oil spill occurred on the west coast of the Korean Peninsula on December 7, 2007. All civilian space-borne SAR sensors including TerraSAR-X, ENVISAT ASAR, RADARSAT-1, ERS-2 SAR, and ALOS PALSAR acquired imageries over the contaminated area. Dark patches observed in these SAR images revealed the presence of oil spills, and showed how wide the spilled area is and how...

Reducing the risk of oil spill disasters is essential for protecting the environmentand reducing economic losses. Oil spill surveillance constitutes an important component ofoil spill disaster management. Advances in remote sensing technologies can help to identifyparties potentially responsible for pollution and to identify minor spills before they causewidespread damage. Due to the large numb...

The use of in situ techniques in soil remediation is still rare in Finland and most other European countries due to the uncertainty of the effectiveness of the techniques especially in cold regions and also due to their potential side effects on the environment. In this study, we compared the biostimulation, chemical oxidation, and natural attenuation treatments in natural conditions and pilot ...

The GuLF STUDY is a cohort study investigating the health of workers who responded to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. The objective of this effort was to develop an ordinal job-exposure matrix (JEM) of airborne total hydrocarbons (THC), dispersants, and particulates to estimate study participants' exposures. Information was collected on participants' spill-related...

This research investigates the level and degradation of oil at ten selected Gulf saltmarsh sites months after the 2010 BP Macondo-1 well oil spill. Very high levels (10-28%) of organic carbon within the heavily oiled sediments are clearly distinguished from those in pristine sediments (<3%). Dissolved organic carbon in contaminated pore-waters, ranging up to hundreds of mg/kg, are 1 to 2 orders...

Wiley, New York, pp. 211–229. Teuteberg, F., Kurbel, K., 2002. Anticipating agents negotiation strategies in an e-marketplaces using belief models. In: Abramowicz, W. (Ed.), Business Information System, Proceedings of BIS, Poznan, Poland. Wirtz, K.W., Adam, S., Liu, X., Baumberger, N., 2004. Robustness against different implementation of uncertainty in a contingency DSS: the Prestige oil spill ...

Ocean forecasting and oil spill modelling and tracking are complex activities requiring specialised institutions. In this work we present a lighter solution based on the Operational Ocean Forecast Python Engine (OOFε) and the oil spill model General NOAA Operational Modelling Environment (GNOME). These two are robust relocatable and simple to implement and maintain. Implementations of the opera...

The pelagic brown alga Sargassum forms an oasis of biodiversity and productivity in an otherwise featureless ocean surface. The vast pool of oil resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill came into contact with a large portion of the Gulf of Mexico's floating Sargassum mats. Aerial surveys performed during and after the oil spill show compelling evidence of loss and subsequent recovery of S...