By Dan CollynsBBC News, Ayacucho Slowly but surely an extinct glacier in a remote corner of the Peruvian Andes is being returned to its former colour, not by falling snow or regenerated ice sheets, but by whitewash. It is the first experimental step in an innovative plan to recuperate Peru’s disappearing Andean glaciers. But there […]
The Associated Press CAIRO — Temperatures in Kuwait have dropped slightly from the record 126 degrees Fahrenheit earlier this week – a record surge of heat that had pushed the tiny OPEC nation’s power grid to the brink. Kuwait’s meteorological agency said the temperature in the shade in Kuwait City on Thursday was hovering around […]
By Alan Levin, USA TODAY Oil giant BP is facing a huge new challenge in disposing of the millions of gallons of potentially toxic oil sludge its crews are collecting from the Gulf of Mexico, according to industry experts and veterans of past spills. Crews so far have skimmed and sucked up 21.1 million gallons […]
By Derica WilliamsPhotojournalist: Guy Turnbow Updated: Thursday, 17 Jun 2010, 12:36 PM EDT DAUPHIN ISLAND, Alabama (WALA) – Scientists at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab said the spewing oil and dispersants are causing major damage at the bottom of the Gulf. The sea lab has been a source of education and research for decades. Now […]
Oil has begun invading beaches in Northwest Florida and is seeping into Pensacola Bay, leading state officials to warn that the Intracoastal Waterway may have to be closed to commercial traffic. Small deposits are already drifting to inland waters, and large concentrations are right off-shore and moving closer with every incoming tide. Closing the Intracoastal […]
MyFoxTampaBay.com staff report Published : Wednesday, 16 Jun 2010, 10:50 PM EDT GULF OF MEXICO – Scientists have spotted a dead sperm whale in the Gulf of Mexico, and are doing tests to see if the oil spill had anything to do with its death. The whale was found floating 77 miles due south of […]
This MODIS/Aqua satellite image, taken on June 12, has a broad sunglint pattern centered on the eastern Gulf that effectively illuminates the main oil slick as well as areas of what we interpret as much thinner sheen. The bright band of sunglint spanning this image reveals fine structure (squiggly bright lines) in areas to the […]
By Jaquetta White, The Times-PicayunePublished: Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 8:12 PM BP engineers added a second collection device Wednesday to the company’s system for containing the estimated 35,000 to 60,000 barrels of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico each day. Using the same tubes and pipes put in place last month to pump mud […]
The oil giant says 20,000 of the 42,000 claims filed have been paid. But many affected financially by the oil spill report no responses, answers or relief. By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times June 14, 2010 Reporting from Gulf Shores, Ala. — Real estate agent Mike Reynolds had two desirable beachfront condos in escrow when […]
Global atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and certain manufactured greenhouse gases have all risen substantially in recent years. • Before the industrial era began around 1780, carbon dioxide concentrations measured approximately 270–290 ppm. Concentrations have risen steadily since then, reaching 387 ppm in 2009—a 38 percent increase. Almost all of this increase […]
