Oil Spill News

Posted May 16, 2013:

• Low-Grade Cotton Offers More Ecologically-Friendly Way to Clean Oil Spills

Posted May 15, 2013:

• Cotton Offers a New Ecologically Friendly Way to Clean Up Oil Spills

Posted May 1, 2013:

• Health Defects Found in Fish Exposed to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Three Years Later

Posted April 22, 2013:

• Special E. Coli Bacteria Produce Diesel on Demand

Posted April 8, 2013:

• Gulf of Mexico Has Greater-Than-Believed Ability to Self-Cleanse Oil Spills
• Natural Soil Bacteria Pump New Life Into Exhausted Oil Wells

Posted April 5, 2013:

• Promising Oil-Drilling Tool

Posted March 14, 2013:

• 'Dirty Blizzard' in Gulf of Mexico May Account for Missing Deepwater Horizon Oil

Posted March 11, 2013:

• Biodiesel Algae: Starvation Diets Damage Health

Posted February 25, 2013:

• Cleaning Oil Spills With Paper Mill Sludge?

Posted January 30, 2013:

• Chemical Lets Researchers Extract Significant Oil Deposits; Leaves Positive Environmental Footprint

Posted December 10, 2012:

• Citizen Science More Than a Century Later: Ordinary People Go Online to Track Gulf Oil Spill

Posted December 4, 2012:

• Gulf Oil Spill: Oil-Dispersing Chemicals Had Little Effect on Oil Surfacing, According to New Study

Posted December 3, 2012:

• Research, Response for Future Oil Spills: Lessons Learned from Deepwater Horizon

Posted November 30, 2012:

• Gulf of Mexico Clean-Up Makes 2010 Spill 52-Times More Toxic; Mixing Oil With Dispersant Increased Toxicity to Ecosystems

Posted November 15, 2012:

• Plants' Exposure to Light Influences Organic Weed Control Methods

Posted October 26, 2012:

• NASA Radar Penetrates Thick, Thin of Gulf Oil Spill

Posted October 23, 2012:

• Combination of Gulf Oil and Dispersant Spell Potential Trouble for Gut Microbes

Posted October 16, 2012:

• Engineers to Design Affordable CO₂ Thickener to Augment Oil Extraction

Posted October 15, 2012:

• Exposure to Fuel from Prestige Tanker Oil Spill Causes Short-Term Damage to Rat DNA, Spanish Study Finds

Posted October 3, 2012:

• A Complete Solution for Oil-Spill Cleanup

Posted September 29, 2012:

• Time Bomb: Military Ordnance in Gulf of Mexico Poses Threat to Shipping, Says Expert

Posted September 20, 2012:

• New Uses for Old Tools Could Boost Biodiesel Output

Posted September 11, 2012:

• At Least 200,000 Tons of Oil and Gas from Deepwater Horizon Spill Consumed by Gulf Bacteria

Posted August 22, 2012:

• Biorefinery Makes Use of Every Bit of a Soybean

Posted August 20, 2012:

• Cleaner Fuel for Cruise Ships and Other Big Vessels from Ingredients in Detergents, Medicines
• New Oil Spill Dispersant Made from Ingredients in Peanut Butter, Chocolate, Ice Cream

Posted August 2, 2012:

• Research Could Lead to Improved Oil Recovery, Better Environmental Cleanup

Posted July 19, 2012:

• High Dolphin Deaths in Gulf of Mexico Due to Oil Spill and Other Environmental Factors, Study Finds

Posted July 13, 2012:

• Caution Needed With New Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards: New Model Provides Lifecycle Analysis of 'Well-to-Wheel' Oil Sands Emissions

Posted July 9, 2012:

• Winds Played Important Role in Keeping Oil Away from South Florida

Posted June 25, 2012:

• BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Exacerbated Existing Environmental Problems in Louisiana Marshes

Posted June 21, 2012:

• Waves of Responders Deploy Omics to Track Deepwater Horizon Cleanup Microbes

Posted June 6, 2012:

• Microbial Communities Changed After Deepwater Horizon Spill

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

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