Tiny foraminifera shells can help assess recovery after oil spill

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 18:35 in Earth & Climate

(PhysOrg.com) -- Millimeter-size marine organisms called foraminifera have been used to monitor pollutants in marshes and oceans, and could help to assess recovery in the Gulf of Mexico following the three-month long Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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