Mile O’Brien reports for Science Nation, an online by the National Science Foundation (NSF), on the plume tracking expedition of Samantha Joye. Read the accompanying…
View More Hidden Oil and Gas Plumes in the GulfCategory: Oil Spills
Oil on beaches “doesn’t stay gone”
Seeing as I seem to be living, eating and breathing this Gulf Oil Spill (figuratively, I hope, although the proximate air of New Orleans air…
View More Oil on beaches “doesn’t stay gone”I’m on a boat, and, its goin’ fast, and…
My first week in the Gulf of Mexico has been a whirlwind of labwork, long drives, and airports, but its been a productive trip so…
View More I’m on a boat, and, its goin’ fast, and…The Oil’s Impact On the Gulf
A recent article in New York Times indicates that the Gulf of Mexico avoided the worst of our predictions and recovery is already abound. Marsh…
View More The Oil’s Impact On the GulfHonest, its not our fault!
Yee-haw, my Gulf trip has officially begun with my visit to the University of San Antonio, Texas! I am infinitely happy to be sitting down…
View More Honest, its not our fault!Follow Dr. Bik to the Gulf!
Remember Dr. M’s recent disturbing post about the quelling of independent science in the Gulf? I can now officially announce that my lab was one…
View More Follow Dr. Bik to the Gulf!Dispersants! Part III: Do dispersants really promote degradation of oil?
Promoting microbial degradation of oil has been one of the main arguments in favor of dispersant use. Interestingly, the PWSRCAC review (covering literature from 1997-2008)…
View More Dispersants! Part III: Do dispersants really promote degradation of oil?Is Science on the Gulf Oil Spill Skewed?
Newsweek has a great write up about how independent scientific queries into the Gulf of Mexico are being squashed. Only are few scientists were able…
View More Is Science on the Gulf Oil Spill Skewed?Chris Mah on Oil’s Impact on Marine Invertebrates
Daniel Brown brought my attention to this Ocean Portal video featuring the Echinoblog’s Chris Mah on the potential impact of oil on the Gulf of…
View More Chris Mah on Oil’s Impact on Marine InvertebratesPlumes, Microbes, and Hypoxia…Did, Do, or Will They Exist in the Gulf
The internets are a buzz with a new paper published in Science. You may recall I covered the new paper by Camilli et al. in…
View More Plumes, Microbes, and Hypoxia…Did, Do, or Will They Exist in the Gulf