{"id":700,"date":"2019-07-03T13:42:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T17:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/chrisreddylab\/?page_id=700"},"modified":"2022-12-23T13:41:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T17:41:18","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/chrisreddylab\/oil-spill-research\/oil-in-our-coastal-back-yard\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Projects<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Oil\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

Source, transport, and fate of petroleum hydrocarbons in the marine environment<\/h3>\n

We study both the short and long term fate of petroleum in the environment. Our approach is often to use novel and advanced techniques like molecular level radiocarbon analysis and comprehensive two dimensional gas chromatography.<\/p>\nSee recent articles in\u00a0Oceanus<\/em>\u00a0magazine:<\/strong>
\nOil in Our Coastal Back Yard<\/a>
\nSpills on WHOI’s shores set the stage for advances in mitigating and remediating oil spills
\nStill Toxic After All These Years<\/a>
\nDoes oil spilled in 1969 still have impacts on wildlife? Ask a fiddler crab.\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Emma\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\tEmma Teuten filtering blended blubber to yield yellow oil. (Photo by Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)\n\t

Natural halogenated compounds: biosynthesis, transport, and fate in aquatic food webs<\/h3>\nPlease refer to three articles in\u00a0Oceanus<\/em>\u00a0that describe this work:
\n<\/strong>Mistaken Identity<\/a>
\nTwo bromine compounds found in whale blubber are natural products, not industrial pollutants.
\nOld Whale Oil Tells Tale of New Pollution<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Painting\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t(Claude Monet)\n\t

The sources and cycling of combustion-derived material in the environment<\/h3>\n

Our interests focus on constraining the sources and fates of combusution-derived materials such as soot, black carbon, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. We study both present-day emissions as well as historical changes over the past several centuries.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Image\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

Investigating new materials (and avoiding the next DDT)<\/h3>\n

To avoid the next DDT, we have been studying the potential effects on the environment from alternative fuels, such as biodiesel, and carbon nanotubes. Ideally, they have no negative effects. If they do, we plan to communicate these results directly to industry so that environmental chemists can work proactively with industry.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Biofuel\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

Algal-based biofuels<\/h3>\n

The instability in crude oil prices and availability, projected decreases in oil supplies, and increasing concerns about climate change make biofuels an alluring source of alternative energy.<\/p>\n

Studies indicate that a marine-based biofuel-microalgae-holds greater promise than terrestrial biomass for producing the next generation of biodiesel. Our efforts are being directed at idenfying the most robust speces capable of sustained growth and products of algal-fuel precursors.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Projects Source, transport, and fate of petroleum hydrocarbons in the marine environment We study both the short and long term fate of petroleum in the environment. Our approach is often to use novel and advanced techniques like molecular level radiocarbon analysis and comprehensive two dimensional gas chromatography. See recent articles in\u00a0Oceanus\u00a0magazine: Oil in Our Coastal…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"parent":671,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/chrisreddylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/700"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/chrisreddylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/chrisreddylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/chrisreddylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/chrisreddylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=700"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/chrisreddylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1071,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/chrisreddylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/700\/revisions\/1071"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/chrisreddylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/chrisreddylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}