This week the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer has been dropping its ROV Little Hercules onto various features in the northern Gulf of Mexico, including an old wood/iron wreck, salt domes and man-made seismic trenches. Okeanos has an interesting remote arrangement where folks back on the continent can direct the ROV pilots in real time by . . . → Read More: TGIF – Pretty pictures from Okeanos Explorer
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By para_sight, on  April 27th, 2012  4 comments  Biodiversity, Cephalopods!, Coral, Critters, Deep Sea 101, Expeditions, Fish, New Research, TGIF: Pictures & Movies, Vessels and Equipment  Gulf of Mexico, Little hercules, NOAA, Okeanos Explorer, ROV By Miriam Goldstein, on April 24th, 2012 Leave a comment Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill Last Friday was the 2 year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The ramifications of the vast amount of oil and dispersant polluting the Gulf are still becoming clear, but the problem hasn’t gone away, nor is it likely to. The New Orleans Times-Picayune rounded up official statements from . . . → Read More: BP oil spill 2-year anniversary: link roundup
By para_sight, on March 31st, 2012 14 comments Expeditions, New Research, Oil Spills, Vessels and Equipment exploration, Gulf of Mexico, NOAA, Okeanos Explorer This is a time sensitive post. By the time some find it, there may be nothing showing, but right now at 1155hrs EDSL, there’s a great feed from the Little Hercules ROV at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, looking at some deep corals See more here Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}This is a time . . . → Read More: Okeanos Explorer in the Gulf of Mexico
By Kevin Zelnio, on December 15th, 2011 One comment Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government conservation, Gulf of Mexico, Laura Bush, Texas “When we do more to preserve our marine resources and wildlife habitats, we have a firm foundation to provide better access for all people to enjoy our beautiful Gulf of Mexico.” These words were penned by former First Lady of the United States, Laura Bush, in a well-written and moving letter in the Houston Chronicle. . . . → Read More: Laura Bush, Advocate for the Gulf of Mexico
By Kevin Zelnio, on November 18th, 2011 4 comments Conservation & Environment, Deep Sea Music, Oil Spills, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Gulf of Mexico, Steve Earle Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Broadcast Spawn!Tweet By Dr Bik, on November 10th, 2011 One comment Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, dispersants, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill An e-mail just made me shout a barrage of expletives. In a good way. Some poor intern at Marine Science Review is probably wailing in the hospital, clenching his eye sockets in pain after trawling Google Scholar for 3 days straight. The science division at Sea Web have put together what looks to be the . . . → Read More: Holy Link Fest, Batman! My cup runneth over with oil spill literature
By Kevin Zelnio, on October 19th, 2011 Leave a comment Conservation & Environment, Gadgets & Gear, Industry & Government, Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, elastec, Gulf of Mexico, NPR, oil, oil skimmer, Oil Spill, X Prize Story at NPR: A breakthrough in oil cleanup technology allows crews to skim spilled oil off the water’s surface at a much faster rate. The new device wasn’t developed by Exxon, BP or any of the major oil companies — it’s the work of Elastec/American Marine, based in Illinois. And the design won the company . . . → Read More: New Oil Skimmer Design Wins X-Prize
By Dr Bik, on October 11th, 2011 3 comments Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill BP still has to pay the government for that little slip-up that happened last year. The Clean Water Act imposes punitive damages for any act of pollution carried out in US waters, with fines proportional to the magnitude of the environmental impact. For oil spills, damages are calculated according to the amount of hydrocarbons leaked . . . → Read More: Divvying up BP’s fine for restoration in the Gulf
By Dr Bik, on September 15th, 2011 Leave a comment Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill I can’t say its the most captivating document ever produced (unless you’ve got a thing for regulatory practices and safety recommendations), but it is an important document nonetheless: yesterday, the newly renamed Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) released its “Final Report Regarding the Causes of the April 20,2010 Macondo Well Blowout.” . . . → Read More: BOEMRE Final Report on Deepwater Horizon
By Dr Bik, on July 25th, 2011 One comment Conservation & Environment, Oil Spills, Uncategorized BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill Unlike the blown out Macondo well, scientific data surrounding last year’s oil spill has been coming out in a painfully slow trickle. As the oil started flowing, scientists soon realized the unprecedented opportunities arising from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. Samples collected at the gushing wellhead are now providing new insight into the transport and ultimate . . . → Read More: CSI Macondo: Fingerprinting the oil that got away
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