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Growing Plants on Oil Contaminated Land
June 29, 2011 — What happens when there is an oil spill on land? Who cleans it up and how do they do it? By optimizing the use of naturally occurring bacteria, a group of scientists was able to clean contaminated ... > full story -
Oil Drilling Disasters: New Skills Needed to Avoid Major Disasters
June 27, 2011 — Regulations and procedures in themselves are not enough to ensure safety during oil-drilling operations, conclude researchers who have studied the accident investigation reports from the Deepwater ... > full story -
Fighting Oil-Spills With Air-Bubbles
June 10, 2011 — Curtains of air-bubbles are turning out to be a new method of fighting oil-spills. The bubbles gather up the oil efficiently, even in winds and strong currents, and keep it together in a ... > full story -
Gulf Currents Primed Bacteria to Degrade Oil Spill
May 22, 2011 — A new computer model of the Gulf of Mexico in the period after the 2010 oil spill provides insights into how underwater currents may have primed marine microorganisms to degrade the ... > full story -
Deepwater Horizon Spill Threatens More Species Than Legally Protected, Study Finds
May 11, 2011 — Marine species facing threats from the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico far exceed those under legal protection in the United States, a new paper finds. Researchers found 39 ... > full story -
Economic Analysis Updated for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
May 4, 2011 — The US Geological Survey assessment on the economic recoverability of undiscovered, conventional oil and gas resources within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska and adjacent state waters is now ... > full story -
Chemical Found in Crude Oil Linked to Congenital Heart Disease: Fetal Exposure to Solvents May Damage Heart
April 30, 2011 — While it may be years before the health effects of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are known, a new study shows that fetal exposure to a chemical found in crude oil is associated with an ... > full story -
Using the Energy in Oil Shale Without Releasing Carbon Dioxide in a Greenhouse World
April 20, 2011 — New technology that combines production of electricity with capture of carbon dioxide could make billions of barrels of oil shale -- now regarded as off-limits because of the huge amounts of carbon ... > full story -
All U.S. Federal Waters of the Gulf of Mexico Once Closed to Fishing Due to Spill Now Open
April 20, 2011 — NOAA has reopened to commercial and recreational fishing 1,041 square miles of Gulf waters immediately surrounding the Deepwater Horizon wellhead, just east of Louisiana. This is the twelfth and ... > full story -
One Year Later, Oil Spill’s Impact on Gulf Not Fully Understood
April 19, 2011 — One year after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill began on April 20, 2010, two experts comment on the known and unknown impacts to wildlife -- in the air, on the land and in the ... > full story
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