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.
Tiny Gulf Sea Creature Could Shed Light on Oil Spill’s Impact
Laboratory studies will assist researchers in determining if dispersant enhances the exposure to oil within food webs, in an effort to better understand the oil spill’s long-term impact on the coastal environment and creatures living there.
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?
Coral Off Puerto Rico’s Coast Studied for Gulf Oil Spill’s Impact
Coral living off the coast of Puerto Rico may provide researchers valuable information about the potential impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Major study proves oil plume that’s not going away
The actual existence of oil plumes was in some doubt until a team of researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution provided incontrovertible proof.
Feds: No timeline for completing Gulf relief well
Stormy weather and now questions of how to mitigate risks have delayed the early, to mid-August timelines, eventually causing credibility problem.
USF scientists observe evidence oil has become toxic to critical marine life
USF’s scientists now have found that the oil droplets were toxic to phytoplankton, microscopic plant-like organisms that form the base of the gulf’s food chain. The oil doesn’t accumulate within the plankton, but rather kills it.