Scientists Document Fate of Deep Hydrocarbon Plumes in Gulf Oil Spill
Studying the behavior of methane and other natural gases released in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Remaining Oil Below Surface, Will Come Ashore in Pulses
This is a long term problem. It’s not simply going to go away.
Millions of Migrating Birds Heading to Oil
Nearly 5 million Migratory birds from Canada are now winging their way south across North America, and many of them could be in for a nasty shock when they reach the oily marshes and beaches along the Gulf Coast.
NIH to launch Gulf oil spill health study
The National Institutes of Health will launch a multi-year study this fall to look at the potential health effects from the oil spill in the Gulf region.
BP: Failed blowout preventer removed from well
No more oil was expected to leak into the sea, but crews were standing by with collection vessels just in case.
Explosion on another Gulf of Mexico oil platform
The BP disaster was supposed to be the wake up call, but we hit the snooze button. Today the alarm went off again. How many times are we going to gamble with lives, economies and ecosystems?
Gulf beaches deemed safe for sea turtle hatchlings
This summer, more than 25,000 sea-turtle eggs were relocated from gulf beaches to a Kennedy Space Center facility to protect the newly hatched turtles from polluted sand and waters.
Experts: Submerged oil threatens organisms
Now we’ve got this pollution in the Gulf of Mexico: unknown locations, unknown toxicity, unknown rates of degradation, unknown rates of assimilation into the food chain.
Oil-eating microbes: Fact or fiction?
Does it matter that BP is funding the research?