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Mass Murder of Sea Cucumbers near the Deepwater Site
The ‘hidden’ ecological catastrophe is manifesting itself…. Starting yesterday night we have been seeing a large number of dead sea cucumbers floating on the surface.…
View More Mass Murder of Sea Cucumbers near the Deepwater SiteOil Spill Update: June 23rd, 2010
Its been 64 magical days and 160 million glorious gallons (or is it even more…nobody knows…) since the Deepwater Horizon laid down the ultimate Gulf of Mexico…
View More Oil Spill Update: June 23rd, 2010Oil Platforms in the Gulf: How Many and Who Owns Them?
My original intent for this post was to provide a nice infographic detailing by percentage the operators/owners of all the oil platforms in the Gulf…
View More Oil Platforms in the Gulf: How Many and Who Owns Them?Examiner Taxonomy FAIL
Do I really need to point out the error here? At least they got it down to Kingdom correctly… Click on the image to go…
View More Examiner Taxonomy FAILWhy Oil-Laden Prey is Bad for Sea Birds
Oil is bad for wildlife. Period. But we really do not understand how it is bad. What does it do? Can marine organisms respond physiologically…
View More Why Oil-Laden Prey is Bad for Sea BirdsPutting Oilmageddon 2010 in Context
When I posted Iglu’s revised Oil Spill Timeline a few days, I didn’t give much thought to visual properties of the data presented in the…
View More Putting Oilmageddon 2010 in ContextColbert Shows Obama How to Be Angry About the Oil Spill
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View More Colbert Shows Obama How to Be Angry About the Oil SpillOilmageddon Timeline Update
UPDATE June 9: The black circles are misleading, due to an error in their math. See an accurate comparison from David Bradley at Sciencebase. The…
View More Oilmageddon Timeline UpdateSpawning in the Oil
Hat tip to commenter Kelly. Consider the Bluefin Tuna. Highly prized meat, commercially valuable, the science points to serious over-harvesting, yet was not deemed by…
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