Open AccessBrazil’s Oil Spill Is a Mystery, so Scientists Try Oil Forensics
Author(s) -
Jenessa Duncombe
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2019eo136177
Subject(s) - oil spill , petroleum engineering , environmental science , engineering , forensic engineering
Thousands of barrels of oil have been tarring Brazil’s beaches since September, and no one knows why. An oil spill scientist is running oil forensics to find out.