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Oil Sands Pollution Comparable to a Large Power Plant
February 22, 2012 — In the first look at the overall effect of air pollution from the excavation of oil sands, also called tar sands, in Alberta, Canada, scientists used satellites to measure nitrogen dioxide and sulfur ... > full story -
Deepwater Horizon Disaster Could Have Billion Dollar Impact
February 17, 2012 — The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 will have a large economic impact on the US Gulf fisheries. A new study says that over seven years this oil spill could have a ... > full story -
Long-Term Response Plan for Possible Cuban Oil Spill
January 30, 2012 — Researchers are working on long-term sustainability study to prepare for an oil spill that could catastrophically impact ... > full story -
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Can the Economy Bear What Oil Prices Have in Store?
January 26, 2012 — The economic pain of a flattening oil supply will trump the environment as a reason to curb the use of fossil fuels, say ... > full story -
Italian Shipwreck Threatens to Create Second Disaster at Sea
January 20, 2012 — An expert on the protection of threatened marine ecosystems has commented on the potential for ecological disaster posed by the 2,300 tons of fuel oil still aboard the capsized cruise ship Costa ... > full story -
Mysterious Flotsam in Gulf of Mexico Came from Deepwater Horizon Rig
January 19, 2012 — Using state-of-the-art chemical forensics and a bit of old-fashioned detective work, scientists confirmed that mysterious material found floating in the Gulf of Mexico came from the Deepwater Horizon ... > full story -
Comprehensive Picture of the Fate of Oil from Deepwater Horizon Spill
January 10, 2012 — A new study provides the composite picture of the environmental distribution of oil and gas from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It amasses a vast collection of available ... > full storyMore: -
Gulf of Mexico Topography Played Key Role in Bacterial Consumption of Deepwater Horizon Spill
January 9, 2012 — When scientists reported that bacterial blooms had consumed almost all the deepwater methane plumes after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill, some were ... > full story -
Sunlight and Bunker Oil a Fatal Combination for Pacific Herring
December 27, 2011 — The 2007 Cosco Busan disaster, which spilled 54,000 gallons of oil into the San Francisco Bay, had an unexpectedly lethal impact on embryonic fish, devastating a commercially and ecologically ... > full story -
Hydrocarbon Pollution Along the Coast of Galicia Shot Up Five Years After the Prestige Oil Spill
November 22, 2011 — The results of a recent study on Kentish Plover eggs has shown that there was a unexpected increase in hydrocarbon levels along the coast of Galicia five years after the Prestige oil spill. Worsened ... > full story
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