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Industrial Safety

What did we learn from the Deepwater Horizon disaster?

10 years after the largest accidental oil spill in history, scientists look back on insights gained about how microbes and chemical processes degrade oil. And they still see gaps that need to be filled before the next big spill

by Giuliana Viglione, special to C&EN
September 13, 2020 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 98, Issue 35
An image of a ship on a band of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill.

Credit: ©Daniel Beltrá, courtesy of Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago | A ship sits on a band of oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill.

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