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WHOI Website Will Take Viewers Deep into the Gulf

By Guest PostDecember 6, 2010Environment, Science2010, alvin, atlantis, autonomous underwater vehicle, auv, charles fisher, deepwater horizon, dive and discover website, full impact, galapagos rift, gulf of mexico, hydrothermal vent, jason, macondo 252, mediterranean sea, oil spill, remotely operated vehicle, rms titanic, rov, sentry, tethered yearlong spectrometer, tethys, tim shank, whoi

It may take years before scientists determine the full impact of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But, utilizing the human-occupied submersible Alvin and the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Sentry, researchers are about to investigate—and view first-hand—the possible effects of the spill at the bottom of the Gulf.

And, from Dec. 6-14, the mission will be relayed to the public as it happens on the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s (WHOI) Dive and Discover website (https://divediscover.whoi.edu). (more…)

BP to Pay $4,300 for Every Barrel of Spilled Oil

By Guest PostSeptember 18, 2010Economyalaska, american ecology, bp, bp platform, british company, clean water act, coast, deepwater horizon, exxon valdez, Forbes, gulf of mexico, Halliburton, most hated man, oil pollution act, platform, static kill technology, tony Hayward, u s government, united states

The scandal around the oil spilt into the Gulf of Mexico does not subside. On Thursday, the information was released that U.S. authorities are preparing a lawsuit against the owner of the exploded BP platform, demanding compensation for damage caused by the leakage. Fines can reach $4,300 for each barrel of oil spilt in the waters of the Gulf, i.e., a total of approximately $17.6 billion.

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BP, Deepwater Horizon and the Armageddon Scenario

By PravdaJuly 25, 20103 commentsEnvironment, Politicsarmageddon scenario, bp exploration, deepwater drilling, deepwater horizon

What exactly is going on in the Gulf of Mexico? When there are reports of media blackouts, then the natural reaction is to start investigating, and in the current environmental catastrophe, the more stones one turns, the more horrific the potential scenario becomes. While scare mongering is as pointless as it is dangerous, the truth remains that the media have the duty to inform. (more…)

Between the Nightmare of the Gulf and the Magic of Solar Impulse

By PravdaJuly 18, 2010Economy, Sciencealberta, alternative, bp, canada, China, cost efficient, deepwater horizon, deforestation, deserts, electricity, energy, environmental disaster, fort mcmurray, gulf of mexico, largest oil reserve, oil, oil sands, saudi arabia, Scandinavia, solar impulse aircraft, solar plane, solar stoves, sun ray, tar sands, thermo conversion, tibet, tibetan women, tsedang, unicamp data

While the BP Deepwater Horizon well spits tens of thousands of barrels of oil offshore on the Gulf of Mexico, an environmental disaster of proportions never before imagined, a beautiful new kind of bird flies silently in the skies on its first test flight.

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The Long-Term Fate of the Oil Spill in the Atlantic

By Guest PostJuly 13, 2010Environment, Scienceapril 20, axel timmermann, buoyant particles, chemical, computer simulations, deepwater horizon, fabian schloesser, florida, florida current, gulf of mexico, gulf stream, honolulu, jamstec, microbial degradation, ofes, oil spill, oliver elison timm, rig, soes, straits of florida, university of hawaii at manoa

Honolulu, HI – The possible spread of the oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon rig over the course of one year was studied in a series of computer simulations by a team of researchers from the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

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Reseachers Predict Larger-than-average Gulf ‘Dead Zone’; Impact of Oil Spill Unclear

By Guest PostJuly 2, 2010Environment, Scienceaquatic, Atchafalaya, bacteria, center for sponsored coastal ocean, dead zone, deepwater horizon, donald scavia, ecologist, geological survey, graham sustainability institute, gulf hypoxic zone, gulf of mexico, hypoxia, hypoxia zone, hypoxia-fueling algae, lake Ontario, louisiana state university, louisiana universities marine consortium, matt Larsen, Mississippi, national oceanic and atmospheric administration, nitrogen, noaa, organic matter, oxygen-starved, river, school of natural resources and environment, university of michigan, US, usgs

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—University of Michigan aquatic ecologist Donald Scavia and his colleagues say this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” is expected to be larger than average, continuing a decades-long trend that threatens the health of a $659 million fishery.

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WHOI Website Will Take Viewers Deep into the Gulf

BP to Pay $4,300 for Every Barrel of Spilled Oil

BP, Deepwater Horizon and the Armageddon Scenario

Between the Nightmare of the Gulf and the Magic of Solar Impulse

The Long-Term Fate of the Oil Spill in the Atlantic

Reseachers Predict Larger-than-average Gulf ‘Dead Zone’; Impact of Oil Spill Unclear