Supercomputers help track species affected by Gulf oil spill
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 11:21
in Earth & Climate
To establish a baseline for measuring and predicting the biological impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, an ichthyologist and a biomedical informatics researcher are using supercomputer systems to help map data on the extent of the spill and chemicals and the distribution of various fish species.
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