Mark Dodd, a wildlife biologist from Georgia's Department of Natural Resources, surveying oiled sargassum seaweed in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Credit: Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Photo by Georgia Department of Natural ResourcesSurveying oiled sargassum seaweed

To receive helpful information regarding the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the clean up efforts, range of impacts, and on-going research initiatives, check out the Smithsonian Institute’s Ocean Portal, which is a great resource.

Learn more at http://ocean.si.edu/gulf-oil-spill.