Oil Spill Update July 11, 2010
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By , on July 11th, 2010 2 comments   Oil Spills   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

This satellite radar image taken by Envisat's ASAR sensor at 10:44pm local time on July 7 shows a large patch of oil extending north from the site of the leaking Macondo well, and an area of small slicks along the Mississippi shoreline. A large dark area extending from Mobile Bay to beyond Panama City . . . → Read More: Oil Spill Update July 11, 2010

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Oil: From the offshore to onshore, From the deep sea to coral reefs
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By , on April 6th, 2010 5 comments   Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government, Uncategorized   , , , , , , ,  

Last Wednesday, Obama in a very surprising move, unveiled plans for large swaths of the ocean off the East Coast, eastern Gulf of Mexico, and Alaska to be drilled for oil and gas for the first time. Specifically the plan allows areas from Delaware to central Floria, the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, and swath 125 . . . → Read More: Oil: From the offshore to onshore, From the deep sea to coral reefs

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Reconsidering the Origins of Marine Life and All Life
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By , on February 15th, 2010 One comment   Biology, Cephalopods, Coral, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Geology, Natural Disaster, New Research, New Species, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , ,  

What is the origin story of deep-sea organisms? For decades, we thought shallow coastal waters were the cradle of marine life repeatedly pumping species into the deep. This is the simplest story. The more complex origin story involves multiple anoxic events, catastrophic events, survival of the fittest, so on and so forth with species originating . . . → Read More: Reconsidering the Origins of Marine Life and All Life

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