The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill just released a key chapter from their final report. Long story short…everyone is to blame. The…
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1.2.2011 New year, same old oil spill
Well its 2011, and now we’ll have to talk about the Deepwater Horizon disaster as last year’s oil spill. Unfortunately, we can’t make a New…
View More 1.2.2011 New year, same old oil spill12.26.10 A tough Christmas in the Gulf (Sunday Spill Roundup)
In lieu of the holiday weekend, there’s only one story I want to draw attention to–months after the well was capped, the post-spill economic hardships…
View More 12.26.10 A tough Christmas in the Gulf (Sunday Spill Roundup)A Very Deep Sea Holiday Greeting
Twas two nights after Cephalopodmas, and all through the lab, All the Deeplings were ready for beer and boiled crab. Their table was set, napkins…
View More A Very Deep Sea Holiday GreetingSeafood Safety, Part 2a: ‘safe’ criteria, PAHs
What criteria makes Gulf seafood “safe to eat”? In part 2, we’re geting down to the nitty gritty: what guidelines and criteria are the FDA…
View More Seafood Safety, Part 2a: ‘safe’ criteria, PAHsSunday Spill Special: Seafood Safety, Part 1
Everything we do in life presents choices, and every choice presents a risk. Some activities present a high and obvious risk, like skiing a black…
View More Sunday Spill Special: Seafood Safety, Part 1I just found oil in my core!
Breaking news from my lab bench this morning: I started processing our post-spill samples collected closest to the blown out Macondo well, and lo and…
View More I just found oil in my core!12.12.10 Oil Spill Roundup
There seem to be three themes at the forefront of the ongoing BP saga this week: Seafloor, Seafood, and Spillage. Ken Halanych (one of the…
View More 12.12.10 Oil Spill RoundupF U Pacific Sperm Whales
Not so smug now are you! Not so big and charismatic now! Your just a free living fat sack of pollutants! Suck on that! A…
View More F U Pacific Sperm WhalesWHOI Takes You Deep into the Gulf
It may take years before scientists determine the full impact of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But, utilizing the…
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