In this episode, we’re taking a look at the little guys: the tiny plants and animals at the bottom of the Gulf’s food chain. Even though they’re microscopic, what happens to them after a major oil spill can have a big impact on the rest of the Gulf ecosystem—and on us.

C-IMAGE PI's Steven Murawski and David Hollander on board the in August of 2012 talking to David Levin about looking for impacts of the spill on the mud and the fish in the Gulf of Mexico.

An international team of researchers work to understand the hows and whys of oil spills by integrating environmental health studies, lab experiments, and computer models.