Cleaning Oil Spills With Hair

Visit https://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free. The first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription and a 30-day free trial. There are many conventional ways to treat oil spills, both at sea and on land, but some of the strangest include human hair and chicken manure. Hosted by: Stefan Chin (he/him) ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Alex Hackman, Ash, Benjamin Carleski, Bryan Cloer, charles george, Chris Mackey, Chris Peters, Christoph Schwanke, Christopher R Boucher, DrakoEsper, Eric Jensen, Friso, Garrett Galloway, Harrison Mills, J. Copen, Jaap Westera, Jason A Saslow, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jeremy Mattern, Kenny Wilson, Kevin Bealer, Kevin Knupp, Lyndsay Brown, Matt Curls, Michelle Dove, Piya Shedden, Rizwan Kassim, Sam Lutfi ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://doi.org/10.5897/AJEST2019.2669 https://webharvest.gov/peth04/20041018232215/http://www.response.restoration.noaa.gov/oilaids/monterey/Chapter5.pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/environments7070052 https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.2019.6.4.586 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100427111453.htm https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/ocean-coasts/oil-spills#:~:text=Oil%20spills%20can%20harm%20sea,and%20help%20the%20ocean%20recover https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fmolecules25194522 https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/oil-and-chemical-spills/oil-spills/spill-containment-methods.html https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.07.094 https://time.com/6262631/philippines-oil-spill-cleanup-hair/ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/20/deepwater-horizon-10-years-later-could-it-happen-again https://matteroftrust.org/clean-wave-program/ https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10061224 Image Sources https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/oil-slick-in-water-royalty-free-image/104684406?phrase=oil+spill&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/super-slow-motion-of-wavy-brown-hair-in-detail-stock-footage/1404897408?adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:070713-N-0780F-005.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Office_of_the_Administrator_%28Lisa_P._Jackson%29_-_Various_Images_%28BP_Oil_Spill%29_-_GULF_OF_MEXICO_-_Vessels_of_Opportunity_pull_oil_into_a_fire_boom_in_a_controlled_burn_with_a_second_-_DPLA_-_4a438522353666d0a387075e356eed4e.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OSRO_operates_drum_skimmer_in_GIUE_(51465121516).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:100505-F-0848C-185_(4587327376).jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/woman-with-healthy-natural-and-ginger-hair-with-royalty-free-image/1428510458?phrase=hair&adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20230415-PBBMAerial2.jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/short-black-male-hair-lies-on-the-floor-near-barbershop-stock-footage/1269201520?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/extreme-closeup-of-hair-clippings-falling-to-the-floor-stock-footage/1279412270?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/floating-barrier-royalty-free-image/1353663755?phrase=oil+boom+clean&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/woman-floating-royalty-free-image/117872545?phrase=head+in+water&adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sphagnum_cells.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Full_City.jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/boggy-area-of-dartmoor-with-sphagnum-moss-royalty-free-image/91258927?phrase=Sphagnum&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/clean-barber-is-a-professional-barber-stock-footage/1250585169?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/close-up-portrait-of-leghorn-chicken-stock-footage/956631890?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/free-range-hens-in-the-yard-stock-footage/486214240?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/use-soil-ph-meter-for-check-the-ph-value-stock-footage/1180131673?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/chicken-farm-stock-footage/1433098716?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/hair-treatment-and-hair-care-concept-background-royalty-free-image/1437141719?phrase=human+hair+cuticle+hydro&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/happy-hispanic-young-adult-woman-tossing-her-hair-at-stock-footage/1197281054?adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beautiful_Peatmoss_iNaturalist.jpg#/media/File:Beautiful_Peatmoss_iNaturalist.jpg