Giant vacuum to help bugs in oiled marshes? (3:44)

Date of Video: Sept 20, 2010

Using huge hoses, researchers are vacuuming up marsh bugs along the oiled Gulf coast. By comparing their samples to bugs collected before the spill, teams hope to determine the effects of oil on creatures near the bottom of the food web.

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Published: March 2, 2011, 09 pm
Revised: March 5, 2011, 09 pm
Author(s): Courtney Carroll
Content Source: National Geographic

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Environmental impacts of oil spills

Deepwater Horizon Disaster

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