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Scientists to begin yearlong study of oil spill's impact on Gulf
Published: Sunday, December 12, 2010, 6:27 AM
David Ferrara, Press-Register
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“You might think of this as the first step in the study of impacts of oil-related pollution in the Gulf,” said John Valentine, senior marine scientist and chairman of University Programs at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. “The first thing we want to know is what are the conditions in and on the water at this moment.”
As part of Alabama’s Marine Environmental Science Consortium, more than 100 scientists from 14 different universities across the state are conducting studies with $5 million in BP PLC grant money, dubbed RAPID Response Research funds.
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Valentine, who helped organize the effort, said the oil giant will have no say in the results, which are expected to be released in peer-reviewed journals and at scientific discussions across the country.
Read more:
http://blog.al.com/live/2010/12/scientists_to_begin_yearlong_s.html
Published: Sunday, December 12, 2010, 6:27 AM
David Ferrara, Press-Register
snip
“You might think of this as the first step in the study of impacts of oil-related pollution in the Gulf,” said John Valentine, senior marine scientist and chairman of University Programs at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. “The first thing we want to know is what are the conditions in and on the water at this moment.”
As part of Alabama’s Marine Environmental Science Consortium, more than 100 scientists from 14 different universities across the state are conducting studies with $5 million in BP PLC grant money, dubbed RAPID Response Research funds.
snip
Valentine, who helped organize the effort, said the oil giant will have no say in the results, which are expected to be released in peer-reviewed journals and at scientific discussions across the country.
Read more:
http://blog.al.com/live/2010/12/scientists_to_begin_yearlong_s.html