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Plumbing the depths
Lessons from the Deepwater Horizon DisasterImage: BP
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The low hanging fruit is gone…
Image: Wikimedia Commons
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Resources from the deep
Drilling for crude oil
Mining for metals and minerals
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Image: Geoexpro.com
Kerr-McGee 1947
Off-shore drilling goes deep
Image: Maritime Press Clipping
3D Sonar 1990s
Now…and Future
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Image: The Swordpress
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The challenge….
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Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico, April - July 2010
Images: Wikipedia, SunSentinel.com, DaveTyner.com, WUWT.com
4.1 million barrels
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Images: Boston.com, Guardian.co.uk
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1. Was the spill consumed by microbes?
2. If so, how much did they consume?
Image: ProjectGulfImpact
Microbial consumption of the oil spillBiodegradation - Bioremediation
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Scientific response
Images: Jamstec, U.RhodeIsland, NOAA
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51%
5%3%
41%
oil
methane
propane ethane
Total composition of spill
Image: Reddy et al. PNAS 2011
- Natural Gas(methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane)
- Oil(water soluble and insoluble)
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Naturally occurring microbes “eat” oil and natural gas
EatOil and Gas
BreatheOxygen
Images: Altogen.com, Sciencephotos.com, Chemical and Engineering News
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What were they measuring?
1. Location of spill in water column
2. Bloom of oil-eating microbes
3. Evidence of biodegradation
Image: GulfOilPhotos.com
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Location of spill in the water column
Image: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Surface Slick
Water-insoluble chemicals
Deep PlumeGasWater-soluble chemicals
1100m
35km
Oil Well
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Images:Microbial Life Educational Resources, Wikipedia
Microbial Blooms – familiar examples
Red tide Lake algal bloom
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Bloom of oil and gas consuming microbes?
BLOOM
Oil/Gas Oxygen
Before spill During/after spill
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Survey of microbes in plume
Decreasing concentrations of propane, ethane, butane BUT NOT METHANE
Chemical evidence of biodegradation2X more microbes inside plume than outside plume
Found types of bacteria known to degrade propane, ethane and oil
Hazen et al. Science 2010
Higher oxygen outside plume
Lower oxygen inside plume
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Experiments
Measured rate at which microbes eat from the plume and oil slick, as well as rate of breathing
Sample from plume or slick
Incubation bottle
Measure the change in oil, gas
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Results of Experiments
Deep Plume
PropaneButaneEthaneCrude OilMethane
Surface Slick
Surface slick components
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Two months post-spill
Eat methane
BreatheOxygen
Methanotrophs?
methane plume is goneBUT decreased oxygen remains!
Oil Well
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Controversy – microbial degradation of methane?
Stay tuned…this has not been resolved
No evidence for methanotrophsDecrease in oxygen not caused by methanotrophs
Methanotrophs
Methanotrophs ate 99% of methane
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1. Was the spill consumed by microbes?
2. If so, how much did they consume?
Image: ProjectGulfImpact
YES! (some parts)
Still not sure…
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Images: NASA, MARUM, Costeau.org
Does this apply to the rest of the ocean?
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