Oil Spill News

Posted May 10, 2012:

• Push from Mississippi Kept Deepwater Horizon Oil Slick Off Shore

Posted May 2, 2012:

• First 'Microsubmarines' Designed to Help Clean Up Oil Spills

Posted April 20, 2012:

• Marine Scientists Urge Government to Reassess Oil Spill Response

Posted April 19, 2012:

• Higher Concentrations of Heavy Metals Found in Post-Oil Spill Oysters from Gulf of Mexico, Experts Say

Posted April 17, 2012:

• BP Oil Spill, Two Years Later: Natural Recovery Far Greater Than Expected
• Can Sound Science Guide Dispersant Use During Subsea Oil Spills?

Posted April 12, 2012:

• Gulf Coast Residents Say BP Oil Spill Changed Their Environmental Views

Posted April 11, 2012:

• Deep-Sea Oil Wells: Surface Coatings Could Inhibit Buildup of Methane Hydrates That Can Block Deep-Sea Oil and Gas Wells

Posted April 4, 2012:

• Defying Conventional Wisdom, Water Can Float on Oil

Posted March 26, 2012:

• Deep-Ocean Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Explosion Revealed
• Some Gulf Dolphins Severely Ill After Gulf Oil Spill

Posted March 20, 2012:

• Oil from Deepwater Horizon Disaster Entered Food Chain in the Gulf of Mexico

Posted March 12, 2012:

• Mathematical Methods Predicts Movement of Oil and Ash Following Environmental Disasters

Posted March 8, 2012:

• BP Oil Spill Hurt Marshes, but Recovery Possible, Experts Say

Posted February 22, 2012:

• Oil Sands Pollution Comparable to a Large Power Plant

Posted February 17, 2012:

• Deepwater Horizon Disaster Could Have Billion Dollar Impact

Posted January 30, 2012:

• Long-Term Response Plan for Possible Cuban Oil Spill

Posted January 26, 2012:

• Can the Economy Bear What Oil Prices Have in Store?

Posted January 20, 2012:

• Italian Shipwreck Threatens to Create Second Disaster at Sea

Posted January 19, 2012:

• Mysterious Flotsam in Gulf of Mexico Came from Deepwater Horizon Rig

Posted January 10, 2012:

• Comprehensive Picture of the Fate of Oil from Deepwater Horizon Spill

Posted January 9, 2012:

• Gulf of Mexico Topography Played Key Role in Bacterial Consumption of Deepwater Horizon Spill

Posted December 27, 2011:

• Sunlight and Bunker Oil a Fatal Combination for Pacific Herring

Posted November 22, 2011:

• Hydrocarbon Pollution Along the Coast of Galicia Shot Up Five Years After the Prestige Oil Spill

Posted November 10, 2011:

• Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: New Approach to Assessing Impacts of Ecological Damage

Posted October 7, 2011:

• Strong Attachment to Local Communities Made Oil Spill More Stressful for Many Coastal Residents

Posted October 3, 2011:

• How Gas and Temperature Controlled Bacterial Response to Deepwater Horizon Spill

Posted September 26, 2011:

• Researchers Find Impact of Oil Spill in Marsh Fish Species

Posted September 20, 2011:

• Study on Emissions from BP/Deepwater Horizon Controlled Burns Completed

Posted September 5, 2011:

• Study Sharpens Picture of How Much Oil and Gas Flowed in Deepwater Horizon Spill

Posted August 19, 2011:

• Lessons Learned from the Two Worst Oils Spills in US History: Microbes Matter

Posted August 17, 2011:

• Gator in Your Tank: Alligator Fat as a New Source of Biodiesel Fuel

Posted August 8, 2011:

• Peak Oil and Public Health: Political Common Ground?

Posted August 1, 2011:

• Microbes Consumed Oil in Gulf Slick at Unexpected Rates, Study Finds

Posted July 22, 2011:

• Deepwater Horizon Crude Less Toxic to Bird Eggs After Weathering at Sea

Posted July 18, 2011:

• Scientists Analyze, Explain the Chemical Makeup of Gulf Plume

Posted July 6, 2011:

• A Look Back: Scientists Raced to Estimate Oil Flow from Deepwater Horizon Macondo Well

Posted June 29, 2011:

• Growing Plants on Oil Contaminated Land

Posted June 27, 2011:

• Oil Drilling Disasters: New Skills Needed to Avoid Major Disasters

Posted June 10, 2011:

• Fighting Oil-Spills With Air-Bubbles

Posted May 22, 2011:

• Gulf Currents Primed Bacteria to Degrade Oil Spill

Posted May 11, 2011:

• Deepwater Horizon Spill Threatens More Species Than Legally Protected, Study Finds

Posted May 4, 2011:

• Economic Analysis Updated for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska

Posted April 30, 2011:

• Chemical Found in Crude Oil Linked to Congenital Heart Disease: Fetal Exposure to Solvents May Damage Heart

Posted April 20, 2011:

• Using the Energy in Oil Shale Without Releasing Carbon Dioxide in a Greenhouse World
• All U.S. Federal Waters of the Gulf of Mexico Once Closed to Fishing Due to Spill Now Open

Posted April 19, 2011:

• One Year Later, Oil Spill’s Impact on Gulf Not Fully Understood
• Gulf Oil Spill Similar to Exxon Valdez in Initial Social and Mental Impacts, Study Finds

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