Scientists From Woods Hole Respond to Gulf Oil Spill Soon after
the April 20, 2010, explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling
platform in the Gulf of Mexico, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution (WHOI) administrators and investigators were among
those whom BP and the federal government called for advice and
assistance. What techonologies might be used to determine why
the blowout preventer failed? How much oil was flowing from the
wellhead nearly a mile deep? Where was all the oil going? And
how would it affect fragile Gulf ecosystems? In this series of
WHOI videos, Science in a Time of Crisis, learn about the role
that WHOI scientists and their colleagues played in the effort
to respond to the largest oil spill in U.S. history. Located in
Cape Cod, Mass., WHOI has a long record of experience studying
oil in marine environments as well as working in the deep ocean.
See how scientists and engineers collaborated to find creative
solutions to difficult problems--with some expanding existing
lines of inquiry, a