By submitted mtrevino@cherryroad.com CORPUS CHRISTI – Man’s best friend has long earned its keep in service to humans when it comes to hunting, herding, providing protection, or assisting in searches. Now, a few visionary researchers at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi are interested in training canines to sniff out crude oil on Texas beaches. Poppy, an […]
Read MoreCanine oil spill detection: Using odor signatures to improve detection on land and water
- July 23, 2022
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Oil spills significantly damage ecosystems and economies, but current detection technology for subsurface oil is labor-intensive, slow and provides limited coverage. Professional canine detection teams have shown in recent experiences that their oil detection capability exceeds the requirements to develop specific operational treatment criteria. In this AGU 2021 media roundtable, researchers will discuss how canines […]
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