By submitted [email protected] 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 […]
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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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Researchers at the oil spill control school at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Monday got a demonstration of one way to discover those oil deposits using a specially trained K-9. Author: Marissa Cummings Published: 6:21 PM CDT April 23, 2018 Updated: 6:44 PM CDT April 23, 2018Residual oil trapped underneath the sand from previous spills — […]
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The sand at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi was no match for Nika, an 18-month-old Labrador. Nika sniffed out two containers of oil, which will help aid in oil spill cleanup. Nika likes to play with her Kong toy. And she knows just what to do to get it. But first, the 18-month-old Labrador […]
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