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 -- [...]
The lady and the water By John DeSantis Senior Staff Writer , The Houma CourierSaturday, May 22, 2010 at 6:01 a.m. She stood back a little ways, behind where the Governor, Bobby Jindal, was talking about all the oil that is giving us nightmares and puts us into hurricane mode with no storm to cower [...]
Underwater oil plumes could create new 'dead zone' in Gulf By Clement Sabourin (AFP) May 17, 2010"Normally, in a shallow spill, everything pretty much shoots up to the surface and the impacts are primarily to surface organisms like turtles, dolphins, and birds," said Paul Montagna, a marine ecologist at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf [...]
Oil Plumes Spark Fears of Dead Zones By Rachel Maddow ShowMay 17,2010 MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/37201312#37201312
The Gulf, Before the Spill By By Bill MarshMay 8, 2010, NY Times, Week in ReviewEven before the recent oil spill, the Gulf of Mexico was hardly pristine. The Gulf, like almost all large bodies of water, must balance industry and recreation, fishing and development. It provides up to one-third of the country’s commercial fishing [...]
How to Clean Up the Oil By By RP SiegelMay 14, 2010In 1978, the oil tanker Amoco-Cadiz broke up off the coast of France, dumping 220,000 tons of heavy crude oil into the Atlantic. The spill was so large that the entire Brittany coast was impacted. Because of the tremendous costs involved, only selected sections [...]
Gulf Wildlife 'Dead Zone' Keeps Growing By By Jennifer ViegasMay 7, 2010, MSN NBCScientists worry that oil spill will make zone even wider An over 7,000-square-mile wildlife "dead zone" located in the center of the Gulf of Mexico has grown from being a curiosity to a colossus over the past two decades, according to the [...]
Giant Plumes of Oil Found Forming Under Gulf of Mexico By By JUSTIN GILLISMay 15, 2010 , NY Times Scientists are finding enormous oil plumes in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, including one as large as 10 miles long, 3 miles wide and 300 feet thick in spots. The discovery is fresh evidence [...]
Factbox: Oil spill adds to environment insults on US Gulf Coast By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent, REUTERS, WASHINGTONFri May 7, 2010 10:56am EDT Sun, May 2 2010 (Reuters) - The BP oil spill is the latest in a series of environmental insults to the U.S. Gulf Coast, from wetlands eradication to flood control measures that [...]
How Will the Gulf's Dead Zone Impact the Oil Spill? By AnimalTourismFriday, April 30, 2010 The Gulf's Dead Zone is about 6,000 to 7,000 square miles, one of the biggest in the world, Microbial Life Educational Resources of Carleton College says. It's caused by fertilizer run-off in the Mississippi overfeeding algae. Phytoplankton gobble up the [...]