Blogging the End of the World™
Cambridge, Md. (June 10, 2010) – Acidity is increasing in some regions of the Chesapeake Bay even faster than is occurring in the open ocean, where it is now recognized that increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide dissolve in the seawater thereby making it more acidic. These more acidic conditions in key parts of Chesapeake […]
By Harlan Kirgan, Mississippi PressPublished: Saturday, June 12, 2010, 5:36 AM BILOXI, Miss. — Gooey oil mousse patties and tarballs struck Petit Bois and Horn islands on Friday, and emulsified oil slipped into the Mississippi Sound north of Petit Bois, according to state and federal officials. “We have seen, today, some pretty heavy oiling on […]
By BRIAN SKOLOFF and HARRY R. WEBER, Associated Press Writers – Fri Jun 11, 7:21 pm ET GRAND ISLE, La. – The astonishing news that the oil leak at the bottom of the sea may be twice as big as previously thought could have major repercussions for both the environment and BP’s financial health, killing […]
Flyover video: Oil washes ashore at Gulf Shores By Robert McClendon, Press-RegisterPublished: Friday, June 11, 2010, 2:15 PM GULF SHORES, Ala. — The leading finger of a hand of oil hundreds of yards wide began washing up on the white sand beaches west of Gulf Shores this morning, the oily smear moving west toward the […]
By JAY REEVES and RAY HENRYThe Associated PressSaturday, June 12, 2010; 12:14 PM ORANGE BEACH, Ala. — Alabama’s beaches took their worst hit yet from an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday as globs of crude and gooey tar – some the size of pancakes – lined the white sands and crews […]
By ELANA SCHOR of GreenwirePublished: June 11, 2010 On the growing list of unknowns that surround the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster — How many barrels are spilling? When will the leak be capped? — belongs another, less-discussed mystery: How will the chemical soup of gushing crude and dispersants affect the health of cleanup workers, […]
By KIM SEVERSON June 10, 2010, 12:56 pm The oldest oyster-shucking operation in the country shucked its last oyster on Thursday, a victim of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Al Sunseri, whose family has run P&J Oyster Company since 1876, said he was about to give the news to the workers at […]
By Cahal Milmo, Chief Reporter Friday, 11 June 2010 Planting of new trees has fallen to its lowest level in more than three decades across Britain, leading conservationists said yesterday. Efforts to replace woodland in the United Kingdom, once so densely forested that trees which have sustained human populations for 6,000 years covered 90 […]
Sanaa, Yemen (UPI) Jun 9, 2010 – Two people were killed recently in a dispute over water rights in Yemen where extreme water scarcity is arguably the violence-plagued country’s greatest crisis. With the ancient capital, Sanaa, expected to run dry in a few years, water shortages are stirring popular discontent and fueling growing political unrest […]
By Matthew McDermott, New York, NY on 06. 9.10Science & Technology (science) Vegetation around the globe has already been moving in response to global climate change, a new report in the journal Global Ecology and Biogeography shows. In fact the report authors say that since the 18th century they have found fifteen cases where biomes […]
