A perspective on the state of Deepwater Horizon oil spill related tarball contamination and its impacts on Alabama beaches
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The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) accident spilled over 785 million liters of crude oil into the Gulf Mexico (GOM). A substantial fraction impacted northern GOM shoreline, including Alabama beaches. beached was in form brownish-orange, water-in-oil emulsion, commonly known as mousse. Although significant remediation efforts were undertaken to clean contaminated beaches, residues tarballs continue contaminate various This study reviews recent literature related DWH tarball contamination problem and its impacts on primarily focusing beaches located Alabama. Though spill is an unfortunate disaster, for researchers it constitutes a large-scale experiment conducted natural system. anthropogenic has taught scientists numerous useful lessons also posed several challenging questions, some which are discussed this review.
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عنوان ژورنال: Current opinion in chemical engineering
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2211-3398']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coche.2022.100799