Cika wannan jumla: A cikin shekaru, binciken Varanasi ya nuna yadda halittu masu rai na teku suke tarawa da sarrafa gurɓatattun muhalli kamar su hydrocarbons, abubuwa masu guba na kayayyakin man fetur. Ita da ƙungiyarta sun yi nazarin lafiyar kifi a cikin Puget Sound kusa da Seattle, kuma sun sami ƙwarewa a cikin gano ɓarkewar mai da saurin bincike. An yi amfani da waɗannan hanyoyin yayin amsar lafiyar abincin teku na NOAA bayan bala'o'i na muhalli, gami da zubar da man fetur na Exxon Valdez a Alaska, Yaƙin Gulf na Farisa, Hurricane Katrina da
Bala'in Deepwater Horizon a cikin Tekun Mexico.