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1. Shard Calculation

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Response:

Calculated Shard: 107 (from laksa197)

2. Crawled Status Check

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa107.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/unseen-victims-bp-oil-spill\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/unseen-victims-bp-oil-spill\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

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We know that 25 percent was recovered by federal response efforts, 5 percent evaporated and 70 percent was left to degrade in environment.  Meanwhile, legal proceedings have prevented the release of some key research results and studies continue.  But thus far, microbes appear to have degraded the oil quickly in many areas of the Gulf.  Other circumstances mitigated the environmental damage. Because the spill occurred in the deep sea, much of the oil remained away from sensitive coastal habitats.  And because of favorable weather conditions in the spring and summer of 2010, much of the ocean-surface oil remained offshore in the northeastern portion of the Gulf. Likewise, the oil did not get entrained in major ocean currents, which would have carried it to other parts of the Gulf or to other oceans. Unquestionably, some ecosystems were devastated, including deep-ocean corals that have lived for hundreds of years, as well as other seafloor marine dwellers. Less certain is what happened to the microscopic floating organisms, the plankton, which are the foundation of the massive food webs of the oceans.  Unlike the large animals whose oil-soaked images predictably provoked calls for action among the public, plankton are not visible, much less photogenic. Yet, their well-being has wide repercussions because they comprise the bottom of the food chain in ocean ecosystems. Without plankton, oceans will die. As the visible signs of the DWH disaster fade, the public may be lulled into assuming that all is fixed and well. In fact, many questions remain unanswered. Kostka’s Georgia Tech team is working with the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative to address some of those questions, eventually hoping to enable the development of better spill mitigation and remediation technologies by harnessing the natural processes enabled by the ocean’s smallest organisms.","attrs_markdown":"[Skip to main navigation](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/unseen-victims-bp-oil-spill#main-navigation)   [Skip to main content](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/unseen-victims-bp-oil-spill#main-content)\n\n[![Georgia Institute of Technology](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/themes\/contrib\/gt_theme\/logo.svg)](https:\/\/gatech.edu\/ \"Georgia Institute of Technology\")\n\nMENU\n## Bioinformatics\n## Main navigation\n- [Home](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/)\n- Student Information\n  - [Prospective Students](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/prospective-students)\n    - [5-Year BS\/MS Bioinformatics Program](https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/undergrad\/5-year-bsms-program-bsbiomsbinf-0 \"5-Year BS\/MS Bioinformatics Program\")\n    - [Professional Master's Admission](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/professional-masters-admission)\n    - [Ph. D. Admission](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/phd-admission)\n    - [Atlanta Information](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/atlanta)\n  - [Program Requirements Curriculum](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/program-requirements-curriculum)\n    - [Professional Masters Curriculum](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/masters-curriculum)\n    - [Ph. D. Curriculum](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/phd-curriculum)\n    - [Recommended Courses](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/recommended-courses)\n    - [Helpful Links and Forms](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/helpful-links-and-forms)\n- People\n  - [Faculty](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/bioinformatics-faculty)\n  - [Graduate Students](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/bioinformatics-graduate-students)\n  - [Alumni](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/bioinformatics-graduate-program-alumni)\n  - [Area of Specialization](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/area-of-specialization)\n- [Research](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/research)\n- [News](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/news)\n- [Employers](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/employers)\n- [Helpful Links and Forms](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/helpful-links-and-forms)\n\n# The Unseen Victims of the BP Oil Spill\nOn April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil rig released a torrent of oil in the seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico, discharging close to 5 million barrels of oil in 87 days. It was the largest accidental oil spill in U.S. history. Six years later, researchers such as the School of Biology’s Joel Kostka continue to study the disaster’s environmental impacts.  \n  \nMuch work has gone into accounting for the spilled oil. We know that 25 percent was recovered by federal response efforts, 5 percent evaporated and 70 percent was left to degrade in environment. Meanwhile, legal proceedings have prevented the release of some key research results and studies continue. But thus far, microbes appear to have degraded the oil quickly in many areas of the Gulf.   \n  \nOther circumstances mitigated the environmental damage. Because the spill occurred in the deep sea, much of the oil remained away from sensitive coastal habitats. And because of favorable weather conditions in the spring and summer of 2010, much of the ocean-surface oil remained offshore in the northeastern portion of the Gulf. Likewise, the oil did not get entrained in major ocean currents, which would have carried it to other parts of the Gulf or to other oceans.  \n  \nUnquestionably, some ecosystems were devastated, including deep-ocean corals that have lived for hundreds of years, as well as other seafloor marine dwellers.  \n  \nLess certain is what happened to the microscopic floating organisms, the plankton, which are the foundation of the massive food webs of the oceans.   \n  \nUnlike the large animals whose oil-soaked images predictably provoked calls for action among the public, plankton are not visible, much less photogenic. Yet, their well-being has wide repercussions because they comprise the bottom of the food chain in ocean ecosystems. Without plankton, oceans will die.  \n  \nAs the visible signs of the DWH disaster fade, the public may be lulled into assuming that all is fixed and well. In fact, many questions remain unanswered.  \n  \nKostka’s Georgia Tech team is working with the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative to address some of those questions, eventually hoping to enable the development of better spill mitigation and remediation technologies by harnessing the natural processes enabled by the ocean’s smallest organisms.\n\nNews images\n\n![Kostka BP Oil Spill](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/Hg_News\/kosta_photo_0.jpg)\n\nStudent News\n\n[No](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/taxonomy\/term\/43)\n\nRelated Links\n\n<http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/>\n\n<http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/people\/joel-kostka>\n\nguid\n\n526641\n\n![Kostka BP Oil Spill](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/medium\/public\/Hg_News\/kosta_photo_0.jpg?itok=gouvmQfH)\n\n### Georgia Institute of Technology\nNorth Avenue  \n Atlanta, GA 30332  [\\+1 404.894.2000](<tel: +14048942000>)  [Campus Map](https:\/\/map.gatech.edu\/)\n\nGeneral\n\n- [Directory](https:\/\/directory.gatech.edu\/)\n- [Employment](https:\/\/careers.gatech.edu\/)\n- [Emergency Information](https:\/\/gatech.edu\/emergency\/)\n- [Accessibility](https:\/\/gatech.edu\/accessibility\/)\n- [Download PDF Reader](https:\/\/get.adobe.com\/reader\/)\n\nLegal\n\n- [Legal & Privacy Information](https:\/\/gatech.edu\/legal\/)\n- [Human Trafficking Notice](https:\/\/gbi.georgia.gov\/human-trafficking-notice)\n- [Title IX\/Sexual Misconduct](https:\/\/titleix.gatech.edu\/)\n- [Hazing Public Disclosures](https:\/\/osi.gatech.edu\/hazing-conduct-history)\n- [Accountability](https:\/\/gatech.edu\/accountability\/)\n- [Accreditation](https:\/\/gatech.edu\/accreditation\/)\n\n[![Georgia Tech](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/themes\/contrib\/bioinf_theme\/images\/gt-logo.svg)](https:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/ \"Georgia Tech\")\n\n© 2025 Georgia Institute of Technology\n\n[GT LOGIN](https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/cas?returnto=https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/unseen-victims-bp-oil-spill)","attrs_readable_markdown":null,"meta_canonical":null}

3. Robots.txt Check

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4. Spam/Ban Check

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5. Seen Status Check

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CRAWLED

8 months ago

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ROBOTS ALLOWED

Page Info Filters

Filter	Status	Condition	Details
HTTP status	PASS	`download_http_code = 200`	HTTP 200
Age cutoff	FAIL	`download_stamp > now() - 6 MONTH`	8.1 months ago
History drop	PASS	`isNull(history_drop_reason)`	No drop reason
Spam/ban	PASS	`fh_dont_index != 1 AND ml_spam_score = 0`	ml_spam_score=0
Canonical	PASS	`meta_canonical IS NULL OR = '' OR = src_unparsed`	Not set

Page Details

Property	Value
URL	https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/unseen-victims-bp-oil-spill
Last Crawled	2025-08-06 21:25:34 (8 months ago)
First Indexed	not set
HTTP Status Code	200
Meta Title	The Unseen Victims of the BP Oil Spill \| Bioinformatics
Meta Description	null
Meta Canonical	null
Boilerpipe Text	On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil rig released a torrent of oil in the seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico, discharging close to 5 million barrels of oil in 87 days. It was the largest accidental oil spill in U.S. history. Six years later, researchers such as the School of Biology’s Joel Kostka continue to study the disaster’s environmental impacts. Much work has gone into accounting for the spilled oil. We know that 25 percent was recovered by federal response efforts, 5 percent evaporated and 70 percent was left to degrade in environment. Meanwhile, legal proceedings have prevented the release of some key research results and studies continue. But thus far, microbes appear to have degraded the oil quickly in many areas of the Gulf. Other circumstances mitigated the environmental damage. Because the spill occurred in the deep sea, much of the oil remained away from sensitive coastal habitats. And because of favorable weather conditions in the spring and summer of 2010, much of the ocean-surface oil remained offshore in the northeastern portion of the Gulf. Likewise, the oil did not get entrained in major ocean currents, which would have carried it to other parts of the Gulf or to other oceans. Unquestionably, some ecosystems were devastated, including deep-ocean corals that have lived for hundreds of years, as well as other seafloor marine dwellers. Less certain is what happened to the microscopic floating organisms, the plankton, which are the foundation of the massive food webs of the oceans. Unlike the large animals whose oil-soaked images predictably provoked calls for action among the public, plankton are not visible, much less photogenic. Yet, their well-being has wide repercussions because they comprise the bottom of the food chain in ocean ecosystems. Without plankton, oceans will die. As the visible signs of the DWH disaster fade, the public may be lulled into assuming that all is fixed and well. In fact, many questions remain unanswered. Kostka’s Georgia Tech team is working with the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative to address some of those questions, eventually hoping to enable the development of better spill mitigation and remediation technologies by harnessing the natural processes enabled by the ocean’s smallest organisms.
Markdown	[Skip to main navigation](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/unseen-victims-bp-oil-spill#main-navigation) [Skip to main content](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/unseen-victims-bp-oil-spill#main-content) [![Georgia Institute of Technology](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/themes/contrib/gt_theme/logo.svg)](https://gatech.edu/ "Georgia Institute of Technology") MENU ## Bioinformatics ## Main navigation - [Home](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/) - Student Information - [Prospective Students](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/prospective-students) - [5-Year BS/MS Bioinformatics Program](https://biosciences.gatech.edu/undergrad/5-year-bsms-program-bsbiomsbinf-0 "5-Year BS/MS Bioinformatics Program") - [Professional Master's Admission](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/professional-masters-admission) - [Ph. D. Admission](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/phd-admission) - [Atlanta Information](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/atlanta) - [Program Requirements Curriculum](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/program-requirements-curriculum) - [Professional Masters Curriculum](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/masters-curriculum) - [Ph. D. Curriculum](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/phd-curriculum) - [Recommended Courses](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/recommended-courses) - [Helpful Links and Forms](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/helpful-links-and-forms) - People - [Faculty](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/bioinformatics-faculty) - [Graduate Students](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/bioinformatics-graduate-students) - [Alumni](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/bioinformatics-graduate-program-alumni) - [Area of Specialization](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/area-of-specialization) - [Research](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/research) - [News](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/news) - [Employers](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/employers) - [Helpful Links and Forms](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/helpful-links-and-forms) # The Unseen Victims of the BP Oil Spill On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil rig released a torrent of oil in the seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico, discharging close to 5 million barrels of oil in 87 days. It was the largest accidental oil spill in U.S. history. Six years later, researchers such as the School of Biology’s Joel Kostka continue to study the disaster’s environmental impacts. Much work has gone into accounting for the spilled oil. We know that 25 percent was recovered by federal response efforts, 5 percent evaporated and 70 percent was left to degrade in environment. Meanwhile, legal proceedings have prevented the release of some key research results and studies continue. But thus far, microbes appear to have degraded the oil quickly in many areas of the Gulf. Other circumstances mitigated the environmental damage. Because the spill occurred in the deep sea, much of the oil remained away from sensitive coastal habitats. And because of favorable weather conditions in the spring and summer of 2010, much of the ocean-surface oil remained offshore in the northeastern portion of the Gulf. Likewise, the oil did not get entrained in major ocean currents, which would have carried it to other parts of the Gulf or to other oceans. Unquestionably, some ecosystems were devastated, including deep-ocean corals that have lived for hundreds of years, as well as other seafloor marine dwellers. Less certain is what happened to the microscopic floating organisms, the plankton, which are the foundation of the massive food webs of the oceans. Unlike the large animals whose oil-soaked images predictably provoked calls for action among the public, plankton are not visible, much less photogenic. Yet, their well-being has wide repercussions because they comprise the bottom of the food chain in ocean ecosystems. Without plankton, oceans will die. As the visible signs of the DWH disaster fade, the public may be lulled into assuming that all is fixed and well. In fact, many questions remain unanswered. Kostka’s Georgia Tech team is working with the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative to address some of those questions, eventually hoping to enable the development of better spill mitigation and remediation technologies by harnessing the natural processes enabled by the ocean’s smallest organisms. News images ![Kostka BP Oil Spill](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/Hg_News/kosta_photo_0.jpg) Student News [No](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/taxonomy/term/43) Related Links <http://www.biology.gatech.edu/> <http://www.biology.gatech.edu/people/joel-kostka> guid 526641 ![Kostka BP Oil Spill](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/Hg_News/kosta_photo_0.jpg?itok=gouvmQfH) ### Georgia Institute of Technology North Avenue Atlanta, GA 30332 [\+1 404.894.2000](<tel: +14048942000>) [Campus Map](https://map.gatech.edu/) General - [Directory](https://directory.gatech.edu/) - [Employment](https://careers.gatech.edu/) - [Emergency Information](https://gatech.edu/emergency/) - [Accessibility](https://gatech.edu/accessibility/) - [Download PDF Reader](https://get.adobe.com/reader/) Legal - [Legal & Privacy Information](https://gatech.edu/legal/) - [Human Trafficking Notice](https://gbi.georgia.gov/human-trafficking-notice) - [Title IX/Sexual Misconduct](https://titleix.gatech.edu/) - [Hazing Public Disclosures](https://osi.gatech.edu/hazing-conduct-history) - [Accountability](https://gatech.edu/accountability/) - [Accreditation](https://gatech.edu/accreditation/) [![Georgia Tech](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/themes/contrib/bioinf_theme/images/gt-logo.svg)](https://www.gatech.edu/ "Georgia Tech") © 2025 Georgia Institute of Technology [GT LOGIN](https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/cas?returnto=https://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/unseen-victims-bp-oil-spill)
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Shard	107 (laksa)
Root Hash	11399390191635878507
Unparsed URL	edu,gatech!bioinformatics,/unseen-victims-bp-oil-spill s443