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.
Tar balls coat Indian beaches
Semisolid lumps of oil formed layers up to six inches deep (15 centimeters) on the renowned Goa beaches.
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.
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?