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The University of Pennsylvania’s Douglas Jerolmack, assistant professor of earth and environmental science, and postdoctoral researcher Federico Falcini have been studying the flow of river water and sediment into large bodies of the earth’s waters. In this video, they argue that the mighty Mississippi River could be used to beat back the spread of spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico.

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