Ironically enough, I was at a meeting about oil spills when the Macondo well blew. The “Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) in Arctic waters” workshop…
View More Dramatic impacts on beach microbial communities following the Deepwater Horizon oil spillTag: Gulf of Mexico
BP’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 processTGIF – Pretty pictures from Okeanos Explorer
This week the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer has been dropping its ROV Little Hercules onto various features in the northern Gulf of Mexico, including an…
View More TGIF – Pretty pictures from Okeanos ExplorerBP 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 roundupOkeanos Explorer in the Gulf of Mexico
This is a time sensitive post. By the time some find it, there may be nothing showing, but right now at 1155hrs EDSL, there’s a…
View More Okeanos Explorer in the Gulf of MexicoLaura Bush, Advocate for the Gulf of Mexico
“When we do more to preserve our marine resources and wildlife habitats, we have a firm foundation to provide better access for all people to…
View More Laura Bush, Advocate for the Gulf of MexicoTGIF – Steve Earle: Gulf of Mexico
Holy 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 literatureNew 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