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Entire Habitats Wiped Out by Oil, Dispersant and Fires

 |  Dec 29, 2010

Hyperbole? If you’re visualizing an entire ocean, marshland, bay or miles-long beachfront destroyed, perhaps. But if you consider pelagic sargassum, that yellowish-brown seaweed that forms up into floating mats, clumps … Read more

Are Louisiana Fish Kills Related to Gulf Oil Disaster?

 |  Nov 23, 2010

With millions of gallons of oil & dispersants entering the Gulf during the summer, many question whether they could have played a role in the kills. Read more

The Well is Dry

 |  Oct 15, 2010

Lack of initial funding for conducting scientific research after the Gulf oil disaster, and the impact on scientists’ ability to collect important baseline data. On September 15th, 149 days – … Read more

Corals Won’t Survive A Shallow-Water Oil Spill Treated With Dispersants

 |  Oct 14, 2010

A  shallow-water oil spill, even one that doesn’t reach the magnitude of the Gulf oil disaster, could kill miles of coral reefs. And it won’t be the oil alone that … Read more

Scientist Finds Deadly Effects of Dispersant Used in Gulf Oil Disaster

,  |  Oct 8, 2010

In the cramped lab at Mote Marine Laboratory’s Tropical Research Lab on Summerland Key in the Florida Keys, Dr. Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley and her team saw firsthand the effects of Corexit … Read more

BP Still Stonewalling EPA on Dispersant Chemicals

 |  May 24, 2010

BP is still refusing to reveal exactly what’s in that dispersant. Like so many aspects of BP’s oil spill response, the redacted passages would be comical if the disaster wasn’t so serious.
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What You Wish You Didn’t Know About Oil Spills

 |  May 9, 2010

A few facts gathered by the National Wildlife Federation’s Senior Scientist, Doug Inkley… According to the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, about 3 million gallons of … Read more