The University of South Florida sent out a crew of marine scientists to aid in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill relief.
The scientists will be conducting research aboard the Weatherbird II using a patent-pending device they've named SIPPER. This device allows researchers the ability to create images and capture data of zooplankton and droplets of oil too small to be seen by the human eye.
These droplets create areas of toxic water, according to associate professor of biological oceanography Ernst Peebles. The researchers will attempt to find where these toxic waters are, how big they've become and how many animals are exposed to their danger.
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