5 years ago today, an explosion in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico lead to one of the worst human-induced environmental disasters in history.…
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The Deep-sea footprint of Deepwater Horizon
The title speaks for itself, but damn, look at these figures! Last week in PLoS ONE, cool kids Montagna et al. (2013) showed some rather dramatic…
View More The Deep-sea footprint of Deepwater HorizonMystery Sheen Near Deep Water Horizon Site
In September an oil sheen about four miles long had appeared in the Gulf of Mexico near the Deep Water Horizon well site. The sheen was…
View More Mystery Sheen Near Deep Water Horizon SiteGulf oil spill suffocated marsh grasses, enhanced erosion
Another oil spill study hot off the presses! This new Silliman et al. PNAS paper is looking at the effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon…
View More Gulf oil spill suffocated marsh grasses, enhanced erosionBP’s email subpoenas threaten to erode the scientific deliberative process
If you haven’t read the Boston Globe Op-Ed, you must. Chris Reddy and Richard Camilli (oil spill research rockstars at Wood’s Hole) yesterday revealed information that…
View More BP’s email subpoenas threaten to erode the scientific deliberative processBP oil spill 2-year anniversary: link roundup
Last Friday was the 2 year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The ramifications of the vast amount of oil…
View More BP oil spill 2-year anniversary: link roundupHoly Link Fest, Batman! My cup runneth over with oil spill literature
An e-mail just made me shout a barrage of expletives. In a good way. Some poor intern at Marine Science Review is probably wailing in…
View More Holy Link Fest, Batman! My cup runneth over with oil spill literatureOpen Letter to My Bros at British Petroleum
Dear British Petroleum, WTF I hear you wanna be called Beyond Petroleum, now? Do you think you’re some kind of rap star or something?? Haha!…
View More Open Letter to My Bros at British PetroleumNew Oil Skimmer Design Wins X-Prize
Story at NPR: A breakthrough in oil cleanup technology allows crews to skim spilled oil off the water’s surface at a much faster rate. The…
View More New Oil Skimmer Design Wins X-PrizeDivvying up BP’s fine for restoration in the Gulf
BP still has to pay the government for that little slip-up that happened last year. The Clean Water Act imposes punitive damages for any act…
View More Divvying up BP’s fine for restoration in the Gulf