Gulf Dead Zone Grows as No-Fishing Area Expands

Gulf Dead Zone Grows as No-Fishing Area Expands By Charles Cooper, CBS NewsJune 28, 2010 5:32 PMThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it had decided to expand the fishing closure from its current northern boundary as a precautionary measure to make sure consumers don't eat seafood contaminated by the gulf oil spill. All told, [...]

Gulf Dead Zone Grows as No-Fishing Area Expands2017-01-17T09:22:13+00:00

Bay ‘dead zone’ forecast smaller this summer

Bay 'dead zone' forecast smaller this summer By By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun The fish-smothering "dead zone" now forming in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay is likely to be one of the smallest in the past 25 summers, scientists predicted Tuesday, a brighter outlook they credited to favorable weather as well as [...]

Bay ‘dead zone’ forecast smaller this summer2017-01-17T09:22:13+00:00

A Dead Zone Was Already in the Gulf

A Dead Zone Was Already in the Gulf By By Ed Wallace June 2010The environmental damage being done to the Gulf of Mexico is often described as the size of either New Jersey or Massachusetts so the layman can understand its vastness, and indeed its enormity. Most recently the damage has been estimated to cover [...]

A Dead Zone Was Already in the Gulf2017-01-17T09:22:13+00:00

Oil is the real ‘green’ fuel, not wind or solar or biofuels

Oil is the real 'green' fuel, not wind or solar or biofuels By ARIZONA DAILY STAR Jonah Goldberg Tribune Media Services |Saturday, June 19, 2010A rolling "dead zone" off the Gulf of Mexico is killing sea life and destroying livelihoods. Recent estimates put the blob at nearly the size of New Jersey. Alas, I'm not [...]

Oil is the real ‘green’ fuel, not wind or solar or biofuels2010-06-21T09:44:00+00:00

Natural gas from Gulf well could create oxygen-poor ‘dead zone’

Natural gas from Gulf well could create oxygen-poor 'dead zone' By Fort Worth Star TelegramPosted Friday, Jun. 18, 2010NEW ORLEANS -- Vast amounts of natural gas in crude oil escaping from the blown Gulf of Mexico well could seriously threaten marine life by creating "dead zones" where oxygen is so depleted that nothing lives. The [...]

Natural gas from Gulf well could create oxygen-poor ‘dead zone’2010-06-21T09:42:00+00:00

Oil spill ecological disaster that could worsen dead zone

Oil spill ecological disaster that could worsen dead zone By Robert Pore 4 June 2010The massive BP oil spill in the Gulf  is an ecological disaster and will only worsen the pollution that the U.S. already pumps into the Gulf  through the Mississippi River with agricultural and urban waste. Michigan State University professor Nathaniel Ostrom [...]

Oil spill ecological disaster that could worsen dead zone2017-01-17T09:22:13+00:00

Gulf oil spill could widen, worsen dead zone

Gulf oil spill could widen, worsen dead zone By Mark Fellows, University Relations, Mark.Fellows@ur.msu.edu, Cell: (517) 819-5437, Office: (517) 884-0166; Nathaniel Ostrom, Zoology, Office: (517) 355-4661, ostromn@msu.eduJune 04, 2010EAST LANSING, Mich. — While an out-of-control gusher deep in the Gulf of Mexico fouls beaches and chokes marshland habitat, another threat could be growing below the [...]

Gulf oil spill could widen, worsen dead zone2017-01-17T09:22:13+00:00

Oil and the Dead Zone

Oil and the Dead Zone By by Lauren Schenkman with reporting by Robert F. Service and Erik StokstadMay 19, 2010 As oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, a "dead zone" is also having its annual growth spurt. It's not clear how these two complex systems will interact, but scientists are sampling the water [...]

Oil and the Dead Zone2017-01-17T09:22:13+00:00

Scientists begin to assess how Gulf ‘dead zone’ and oil spill might interact

Scientists begin to assess how Gulf 'dead zone' and oil spill might interact By By Sharon Schmickle Thu, May 20 2010 3:07 pm  MinnPost A few days after BP’s ruptured oil pipes began contaminating the Gulf of Mexico, Minnpost reported that the disaster threatened double environmental trouble. Unless the gusher was plugged, it could compound problems [...]

Scientists begin to assess how Gulf ‘dead zone’ and oil spill might interact2017-01-17T09:22:13+00:00

Gulf coast oil slick headed for Grand Isle, Louisiana

Gulf coast oil slick headed for Grand Isle, Louisiana By By Joel Achenbach, Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, May 23, 2010GRAND ISLE, LA. -- It has become an epic contest between water and oil along the Gulf Coast. Government officials have now opened wide the Mississippi River outlets -- what they call the diversions -- [...]

Gulf coast oil slick headed for Grand Isle, Louisiana2010-05-27T09:11:00+00:00
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