Sunlight alters the physical and chemical properties of crude oil spilled at sea. We study how these alterations impact oil spill fate and trajectory models and response operations.<\/p>\n\t
Plastics are ubiquitous in the environment. We want to understand what controls their breakdown so that we can inform designs of new materials that breakdown quicker.<\/p>\n\t
Sunlight can completely oxidize DOM into CO2<\/sub>, a greenhouse gas, and partially alter DOM into new compounds. We study the rates and controls of these reactions.<\/p>\n\t We’re building tools that make it easier for folks to study how organic carbon cycles in surface waters.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t Our facility is housed in Fye Laboratory as part of the Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department at WHOI.\u00a0 We are broadly interested in characterizing the rates and pathways of organic carbon degradation in aquatic ecosystems. We study lots of different types of organic carbon, including naturally derived organic carbon, like dissolved organic matter, and organic pollutants, like crude oil and plastics.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMEET THE TEAM\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tjoin the lab\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\nInstrument Development<\/h3>\n
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