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Oil in Gulf of Mexico: Biologists Cite Need for Critical Data to Determine Ecological Consequences
February 3, 2011 — Twenty years after biologists attempted to determine the ecological damages to marine life from the Exxon Valdez oil spill, scientists dealing with the BP disaster find themselves with the same ... > full story -
Where Has All the Gulf Spill Oil Gone?
February 1, 2011 — Many questions remain about the fate and environmental impact of the marine oil caused by the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling ... > full story -
First Study of Dispersants in Gulf Spill Suggests a Prolonged Deepwater Fate
January 26, 2011 — To combat last year's Deepwater Horizon oil spill, nearly 800,000 gallons of chemical dispersant were injected directly into the oil and gas flow coming out of the wellhead nearly one mile deep in ... > full story -
Gulf Oil Spill: Methane Gas Concentrations in Gulf of Mexico Quickly Returned to Near-Normal Levels, Surprising Researchers
January 6, 2011 — Calling the results "extremely surprising," researchers found that methane gas concentrations in the Gulf of Mexico have returned to near normal levels only months after a massive release occurred ... > full story -
Lessons from Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
November 19, 2010 — In the 24-hour news cycle era, the Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico already feels like an event from yesteryear, an event that had its 15 minutes of news domination during the summer ... > full story -
Deepwater Horizon: Not Managing Danger, Not Learning from 'Near Misses'
November 17, 2010 — The numerous technical and operational breakdowns that contributed to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and spill from the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico suggest the lack of a suitable ... > full story -
Oil Spill Vacuum Cleaner Uses Bark for Spills
November 11, 2010 — Cleaning up oil spills is a time consuming, difficult process. But a novel approach developed by researchers in Norway uses a new kind of vacuum cleaner that blows bark or other absorbent material ... > full story -
Impact of Gulf Oil Spill on Plovers
October 27, 2010 — Researchers are studying the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on piping plovers, shorebirds that have been listed as threatened since ... > full story -
Tobacco and Nicotine: They're Good -- As a Pesticide
October 27, 2010 — Tobacco, used on a small scale as a natural organic pesticide for hundreds of years, is getting new scientific attention as a potential mass-produced alternative to traditional commercial ... > full story -
Microbes May Consume Far More Oil-Spill Waste Than Earlier Thought
October 20, 2010 — Microbes living at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico may consume far more of the gaseous waste from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill than previously thought, according to research carried out within ... > full story
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