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Scientist Collects Oil on the Gulf Coast

A scientist collects oil-laden "sand patties" on a Louisiana beach two years after the oil spill.
(Chris Reddy, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

A scientist, Chris Reddy from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, collects oil-laden "sand patties" on a Louisiana beach two years after the oil spill. Watch a video of Chris Reddy talking about the effects of oil spills on marshes.

Learn more about how the Gulf of Mexico is recovering from the oil spill and what scientists have been studying.

More about the Gulf oil spill can be found in our Gulf oil spill featured storyWatch a video of Chris Reddy talking about the effects of oil spills on marshes.