Rick MacPherson succinctly sums up the Congressional hearings on the oil spill. As with most disasters, cascading human and technical failures led to the blowout.…
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Oil Spill Update for Monday, May 10
Here is your oil spill update for Monday, May 10th. Stopping the Flow The giant dome didn’t work, due to the formation of ice-like methane…
View More Oil Spill Update for Monday, May 10How the Oil Spill Affects Fisheries: Interview with Dr. Dave Kerstetter
To understand how the oil spill affects the fisheries and fishing communities, I turned to Dr. Dave Kerstetter, a research scientist at Nova Southeastern University’s…
View More How the Oil Spill Affects Fisheries: Interview with Dr. Dave KerstetterOilmageddon Update May 7
A few days Chris Rowan of the fabulous geology blog Highly Allochthonous wrote a good post on the risky business of drilling for oil. In…
View More Oilmageddon Update May 7Oil Spill Update: Thursday, May 6
Here is your oil spill update for Thursday, May 6th. Stopping the Flow Yesterday, crews capped one of the three leaks in the Gulf of…
View More Oil Spill Update: Thursday, May 6How anti-science politics may harm the U.S. Gulf states
Right now, everyone is consumed by the immediate drama of the growing oil slick. What will it kill? Where will it go? Will it pollute…
View More How anti-science politics may harm the U.S. Gulf statesAnimated explanation of Gulf oil spill
UPDATE: One of the three leaks was shut off this morning. This is not expected to reduce the amount of oil spilling into the Gulf.…
View More Animated explanation of Gulf oil spillWill the Gulf oil spill reach the East Coast?
At first glance, it seems ludicrous that an oil spill way up in the Gulf of Mexico could make it all the way around Florida…
View More Will the Gulf oil spill reach the East Coast?Anatomy of an ecological catastrophe: what to expect in the Gulf
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill continues to worsen. Choppy seas and unfavorable winds have hindered cleanup efforts, and fishing has been suspended from Lousiana…
View More Anatomy of an ecological catastrophe: what to expect in the GulfThe Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill: A Timeline
I spent a summer as an undergraduate in Port Fourchon, Louisiana conducting field work. Some of my fondest memories surround that summer I spent in…
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