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Can Beasts of the Deep Survive the Impact of Drilling for Oil?

Dr. M December 18, 2012 Daniel Jones Disturbance Drilling offshore drilling oil SERPENT

This is Guest Post from Dr. Daniel Jones a deep-sea biologist with the National Oceanography Centre in the United Kingdom and Project Coordinator for SERPENT…

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Industry & Government Oil Spills

Open Letter to My Bros at British Petroleum

Kevin Zelnio November 3, 2011 BP Deepwater Horizon dolphins Drilling Macondo Oil Spill

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!…

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EU Clashes with Greenland over Arctic

Dr. M October 15, 2010 Arctic Drilling European Union Greenland oil oilspill

Is the EU trying to off oil competitors or is there real concern on protecting the Arctic ecosystem? via EU clashes with Greenland over international…

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Industry & Government Oil Spills

Ban on deep-sea drilling rejected

Dr. M September 26, 2010 ban Drilling Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

What could go wrong? O’ wait… European coastal nations have agreed to review rules for offshore drilling, but said each country should decide individually on…

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Oil Spills

Oil Spill Update July 11, 2010

Dr. M July 11, 2010 BP cleanup corexit Cuba Deepwater Horizon deepwater well Drilling Emergency Relief Well Act Florida Keys Galveston Gulf of Mexico Jindal Lake Pontchartrain NOAA Obama offshore Oil Spill oysters relief well shorebird Shrimp super skimmer Susan Shaw tarball

This one-year projection of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will ruin your day. Oil is now seeping in New Orleans’ Lake Pontchartrain and tarballs wash ashore in…

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Anatomy of an ecological catastrophe: what to expect in the deep Gulf of Mexico

Dr. M May 22, 2010 deep sea Drilling Oil Spill Organisms pollution seafloor Toxicity

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is now over a month in duration and continues to worsen. Estimates of the total oil flowing…

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Conservation & Environment Oil Spills

Oilmageddon Update May 7

Kevin Zelnio May 7, 2010 Deepwater Horizon Drilling oil slick Oil Spill

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…

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Oil: From the offshore to onshore, From the deep sea to coral reefs

Dr. M April 6, 2010 Democrat Drilling Obama offshore oil policy Politics Republican

Last Wednesday, Obama in a very surprising move, unveiled plans for large swaths of the ocean off the East Coast, eastern Gulf of Mexico, and Alaska…

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‘Safe’ Water-Based Drill Cuttings Affect Seafloor Animals

Kevin Zelnio February 2, 2010 Best of Zelnio Drill Cuttings Drill Mud Drilling Experiment Infauna Mesocosm Sediment Sedimentation suspension feeding

Oil and gas extraction is pervasive among the coasts of the world. In many areas, such as the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast…

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Yeah!

Dr. M February 11, 2009 Drilling energy gas Obama offshore drilling oil

Rick notes that… US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today his intention to shelve plans passed on the final business day of the…

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