WHOI researchers have collected over 1,000 oil samples from the Gulf Coast since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. On Feb. 28, the scientists will team up with high school students to collect more samples from Pensacola, Fla. beaches. The samples will be analyzed in Woods Hole, Mass. and be added to the oil sample library and an on-line database. (Photo by Bryan James, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution )

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WHOI researchers have collected over 1,000 oil samples from the Gulf Coast since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. On Feb. 28, the scientists will team up with high school students to collect more samples from Pensacola, Fla. beaches. The samples will be analyzed in Woods Hole, Mass. and be added to the oil sample library and an on-line database. (Photo by Bryan James, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution )