Conservation & Environment

That’s 56,000 Barrels A Day…Not 5,000

Dr. M September 23, 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico Hydrothermal Vent oil Oil Spill plume

That’s right, new work suggests BP’s estimates of oil flowing from the broken well were an order of magnitude off. With these revised estimates, the BP…

Conservation & Environment Environmental Sciences

Why ocean scientists can’t ignore geoengineering

Miriam Goldstein September 23, 2010 geoengineering iron fertilization ocean acidification

Among scientists, geoengineering tends to be greeted with mirth and scorn. Implying that we can reliably manipulate the planet’s life-support systems seems to many to…

Mining

I want to meet the legend who painted these

Holly Bik September 21, 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexcio Oil Spill

I spotted these kick-ass signs on the side of the road yesterday in Grand Isle, LA (the community profiled in Sunday’s Times-Picayune Article). Whoever took…

Conservation & Environment Dumping Fishing Industry & Government Mining

Our Impacts on the Deep

Dr. M September 20, 2010 bottom trawling Dumping fishing GIS human impact mining

I could write about a detailed account of a new study in PLoS One. I could discuss how the researchers imported information on the spatial…

Mining

Is Deep-Sea Mining Bad?

Dr. M September 20, 2010 mining Nautilus Minerals

Newsweek broaches this subject discussing the move by China to being exploring the mining of massive sulfide deposits, i.e. hydrothermal vents. Samantha Smith from Nautilus,…

Expeditions Oil Spills

Hidden Oil and Gas Plumes in the Gulf

Kevin Zelnio September 20, 2010 Oil Spill

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…

Oil Spills