A team from the University of Florida has found no visible signs of oil just off the coast of Alabama and the Florida panhandle (well,…
View More No oil spotted offshore–at least in the shallowsTag: BP
The state of Gulf spill science–my view
Last week I was in Florida (again) to attend a Deepwater Horizon Principal Investigator conference, sponsored by the National Science and Technology Council’s Joint Subcommittee…
View More The state of Gulf spill science–my viewGulf Sampling: White Sand with Black Spots
Well I’m back in the lab after two solid weeks in the field. I rented a new car with 6 miles on the odometer and…
View More Gulf Sampling: White Sand with Black SpotsWill Gulf science be compromised by politics?
I’ve officially arrived back in New Hampshire (freezing my tanned little arms off, btw) after my marathon sampling trip in the Gulf, and I’ve been…
View More Will Gulf science be compromised by politics?That’s 56,000 Barrels A Day…Not 5,000
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…
View More That’s 56,000 Barrels A Day…Not 5,000I want to meet the legend who painted these
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…
View More I want to meet the legend who painted theseOil on beaches “doesn’t stay gone”
Seeing as I seem to be living, eating and breathing this Gulf Oil Spill (figuratively, I hope, although the proximate air of New Orleans air…
View More Oil on beaches “doesn’t stay gone”I’m on a boat, and, its goin’ fast, and…
My first week in the Gulf of Mexico has been a whirlwind of labwork, long drives, and airports, but its been a productive trip so…
View More I’m on a boat, and, its goin’ fast, and…Honest, its not our fault!
Yee-haw, my Gulf trip has officially begun with my visit to the University of San Antonio, Texas! I am infinitely happy to be sitting down…
View More Honest, its not our fault!Follow Dr. Bik to the Gulf!
Remember Dr. M’s recent disturbing post about the quelling of independent science in the Gulf? I can now officially announce that my lab was one…
View More Follow Dr. Bik to the Gulf!