What happens when brilliant, motivated people who never sleep don’t have enough to do as it is? They create a very useful and awesome science…
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Dispersants! Part II: Toxicity
Part II: How toxic are dispersants? This, I suppose, is the million-dollar question. The EPA has continually insisted that the actual dispersants is less toxic…
View More Dispersants! Part II: ToxicityDispersants! A multi-part series to enlighten your brains.
When I don’t know enough about a subject, I tend to Google and data-mine—obsessively. So it has become with dispersants. In the wake of oil…
View More Dispersants! A multi-part series to enlighten your brains.Scientists With Data Agree…A Deepwater Oil Plume Exists in the Gulf
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…
View More Scientists With Data Agree…A Deepwater Oil Plume Exists in the GulfOh, snap! You mean 70% of oil is still THERE??
As you know, we’ve completely solved the Gulf oil spill and we can all go back to dreaming about puppies and sunshine (note sarcasm). Not…
View More Oh, snap! You mean 70% of oil is still THERE??“Eliminated” oil is actually just invisible, and not stuck to birds
Don’t be fooled by that fluffy, optimistic statistic you’re hearing all over the news this morning. The government is proclaiming that a whopping 75% of…
View More “Eliminated” oil is actually just invisible, and not stuck to birdsIs BP buying silence?
From NPR… For months now, local scientists have been out on Gulf waters, advising the cleanup and measuring the damage. But there is growing concern…
View More Is BP buying silence?Is It Too Soon For This? Gulf Spill Cocktail
via Liquor Snob, Hat tip to Dr. Mah.. Sometimes you have to laugh so you don’t cry. 1.5 blueberry juice oz .5 oz Kahlua .5 oz chocolate liqueur…
View More Is It Too Soon For This? Gulf Spill CocktailDear BP, Sorry Ain’t Enough Anymore
This masterfully composed and performed song sums it up for me at the end of Day 91. Electrified trumpet solo was epic, and their message…
View More Dear BP, Sorry Ain’t Enough AnymoreThe Oil Has Stopped Flowing in the Gulf
After 85 days and up to 184 million gallons of crude, the oil spill is stopped. Will it last? Is the spill really over? How long…
View More The Oil Has Stopped Flowing in the Gulf