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Gulf Oil Spill: Scientists Develop New Model for Deep-water Oil Spills
![Photo of vessels and platforms responding to the Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010.](/news/mmg/media/images/deepwater_horizon1_f1.jpg)
Vessels and platforms responding to the Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010.
Credit: David Valentine, UCSB
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![Photo of a sea fan with anemone and brittle starfish in the deep Gulf of Mexico.](/news/mmg/media/images/deepwater_horizon2_f1.jpg)
Sea fan in the deep Gulf of Mexico, with anemone and brittle starfish on deep-sea coral.
Credit: Charles Fisher, PSU
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![Photo of a jellyfish affected by oil in the Gulf.](/news/mmg/media/images/deepwater_horizon3_f1.jpg)
Jellyfish, fish, seabirds and myriad other species have been affected by oil in the Gulf.
Credit: Luke McKay, University of Georgia
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![A wake of oil is left behind an oceanographic research vessel ferrying scientists into the Gulf.](/news/mmg/media/images/deepwater_horizon4_f1.jpg)
A wake of oil is left behind an oceanographic research vessel ferrying scientists into the Gulf.
Credit: Luke McKay, University of Georgia
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![Photo of an oil slick in the Gulf.](/news/mmg/media/images/deepwater_horizon5_f1.jpg)
Researchers studied the effects of the oil spill on life in Gulf waters and sediments.
Credit: Luke McKay, University of Georgia
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![Photo of the manipulator arm of a robotic vehicle, upper right, moving sampler toward oil and gas.](/news/mmg/media/images/deepwater_horizon6_f2.jpg)
The manipulator arm of a robotic vehicle (upper right) moves a sampler toward hot oil and gas.
Credit: Oceaneering
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