Scientists With Data Agree…A Deepwater Oil Plume Exists in the Gulf
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By , on August 19th, 2010 5 comments   Oil Spills   , , , , , , , , ,  

BP want’s to deny the presence of a deepwater oil plume in the Gulf of Mexico. The very oil plume both predicted by models published in 2003. The very oil plume that the massive amounts of dispersant injected at depth created to prevent oil from washing ashore. Even the government wants to deny the existence . . . → Read More: Scientists With Data Agree…A Deepwater Oil Plume Exists in the Gulf

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Why Oil-Laden Prey is Bad for Sea Birds
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By , on June 15th, 2010 4 comments   Conservation & Environment, Mating & Reproduction, New Research, Oil Spills   , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Oil is bad for wildlife. Period. But we really do not understand how it is bad. What does it do? Can marine organisms respond physiologically to oil in diets? For instance, translocate the toxic components to feathers and molt it off, much like some crabs, or have other physiologically mechanisms to eject the toxin . . . → Read More: Why Oil-Laden Prey is Bad for Sea Birds

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