A clam boat in Massachusetts dredged up a not-so-welcome surprise last week – 2 tanks of Mustard Gas. One crew member is reported as getting…
View More Fresh Catch of the Day in Boston: Mustard GasMonth: June 2010
The Glory and the Horror of the Ocean
Awesome TED talk by National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry. Full bio and more links
View More The Glory and the Horror of the OceanHappy 100th Birthday, Jacques Cousteau!
The DSN team wishes Jacques Cousteau a very happy 100th birthday. Andy Revkin has a lovely essay, the Washington Post has a slideshow, and Google…
View More Happy 100th Birthday, Jacques Cousteau!Breaking news: BP and US authorities ignored superior Belgian cleanup tech
This just in: the Belgians offered to bring superior cleanup technology to the Gulf, but were ignored by BP and US authorities. From Flanders Today:…
View More Breaking news: BP and US authorities ignored superior Belgian cleanup techOil Spill Update for June 10, 2010
Where is the oil? Today’s oil spill forecast predicts: Onshore (SE) winds are forecast to continue through Friday at 15 knots or less. Persistent southwesterly…
View More Oil Spill Update for June 10, 2010Putting Oilmageddon 2010 in Context
When I posted Iglu’s revised Oil Spill Timeline a few days, I didn’t give much thought to visual properties of the data presented in the…
View More Putting Oilmageddon 2010 in ContextResearchBlogCast #8: Protecting the Environment Reduces Poverty?
Each week Razib Khan, Dave Munger and I discuss a paper that was recently blogged on in the Researchblogging.org. This week I chose the following…
View More ResearchBlogCast #8: Protecting the Environment Reduces Poverty?Colbert Shows Obama How to Be Angry About the Oil Spill
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Oil’s Well That Never Ends www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Fox News
View More Colbert Shows Obama How to Be Angry About the Oil SpillHappy World Oceans Day!
We here at Deep Sea News tardily wish you a very happy World Oceans Day! (Excuses: Dr M’s off a-conferencing in Iceland, I’m frantically prepping…
View More Happy World Oceans Day!Oilmageddon Timeline Update
UPDATE June 9: The black circles are misleading, due to an error in their math. See an accurate comparison from David Bradley at Sciencebase. The…
View More Oilmageddon Timeline Update