Don’t be fooled by that fluffy, optimistic statistic you’re hearing all over the news this morning. The government is proclaiming that a whopping 75% of…
View More “Eliminated” oil is actually just invisible, and not stuck to birdsTag: Gulf of Mexico
Is BP buying silence?
From NPR… For months now, local scientists have been out on Gulf waters, advising the cleanup and measuring the damage. But there is growing concern…
View More Is BP buying silence?The Tide Pool: Loss of Phytoplankton, War Gods and Corals, and Gulf of Mexico Biodiversity
An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! A new paper by Boyce, Lewis, and Worm…
View More The Tide Pool: Loss of Phytoplankton, War Gods and Corals, and Gulf of Mexico BiodiversityIs It Too Soon For This? Gulf Spill Cocktail
via Liquor Snob, Hat tip to Dr. Mah.. Sometimes you have to laugh so you don’t cry. 1.5 blueberry juice oz .5 oz Kahlua .5 oz chocolate liqueur…
View More Is It Too Soon For This? Gulf Spill CocktailDear BP, Sorry Ain’t Enough Anymore
This masterfully composed and performed song sums it up for me at the end of Day 91. Electrified trumpet solo was epic, and their message…
View More Dear BP, Sorry Ain’t Enough AnymoreThe Oil Has Stopped Flowing in the Gulf
After 85 days and up to 184 million gallons of crude, the oil spill is stopped. Will it last? Is the spill really over? How long…
View More The Oil Has Stopped Flowing in the GulfOil Spill Update July 11, 2010
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…
View More Oil Spill Update July 11, 2010Nothing Goes Together Like..
…the great taste of Old Bay Seasoning and oil-cured shore bird. Found these two advertising gems together on my Facebook sidebar this morning. Not sure what else to…
View More Nothing Goes Together Like..Flyover of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
An exclusive report on a fly over of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill by visiting contributor Allie Wilkinson On July 3, I had the…
View More Flyover of the Gulf of Mexico Oil SpillHell-on-Earth Flyover of the Gulf of Mexico
While the commentary actually makes this sound appropriately apocalyptic, please ignore the cheesy last minute sound bite. hccreekkeeper writes on his youtube page for this…
View More Hell-on-Earth Flyover of the Gulf of Mexico