Slow Road to Recovery after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill for Deep-Sea Communities
The Deepwater Horizon disaster released approximately 4 million barrels of oil from the Macondo Wellhead over the course of 87 days in 2010. Thus, becoming…
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The lingering and extreme impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the deep sea
From the darkness emerges a boot. An old leather, steel-toed, work boot. It shouldn’t be there resting on the seafloor nearly two kilometers deep. I’m…
Nicholas Cage is making a movie about the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Yes, you read that right. I have no idea what it’s about, or why it’s named “The Runner”, but I do know that the trailer contains Nicholas…
The Deep-sea footprint of Deepwater Horizon
The title speaks for itself, but damn, look at these figures! Last week in PLoS ONE, cool kids Montagna et al. (2013) showed some rather dramatic…
Dramatic impacts on beach microbial communities following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Ironically enough, I was at a meeting about oil spills when the Macondo well blew. The “Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) in Arctic waters” workshop…
BOEMRE Final Report on Deepwater Horizon
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…
Bubble Up: A Deepwater Horizon Disaster Song
Lyrics to Bubble Up! are here. BUBBLE UP is a song dedicated to the current state of the world, with music by julian mock and…
Deepwater Horizon: Resources and Restoration
I have to say, I’m pretty impressed with NOAA. If you’ve been to their homepage lately, you’ll notice that the key Deepwater Horizon links have…
Deepwater Horizon: Science progresses, a year later
The New York Times has a great article out this week, as we near the year anniversary of the Macondo Well blowout and the ensuing…
Mystery Sheen Near Deep Water Horizon Site
In September an oil sheen about four miles long had appeared in the Gulf of Mexico near the Deep Water Horizon well site. The sheen was…