Aerial footage of tar on Pensacola Beach from Escambia County Sheriff’s Office helicopter. Our thanks to the Sheriff’s Office for providing the footage. Aerial footage of tar on Pensacola Beach Technorati Tags: oil production,oil spill,pollution,North America,Gulf of Mexico,habitat loss,ecosystem disruption
By ANDREW W. LEHREN and JUSTIN GILLISPublished: June 23, 2010 Fearing that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will deal a severe blow to the bluefin tuna, an environmental group is demanding that the government declare the fish an endangered species, setting off extensive new protections under federal law. Scientists agree that the […]
By Troy Moon • tmoon@pnj.com • June 23, 2010 The sign at Pensacola Beach Properties boasted “Always has been, always will be — the most beautiful beaches in the world.’’ The sign was a lie. Because surely, there was a white sand beach somewhere in the world that didn’t look like it was vomited […]
By Noel F. PilieWednesday, June 23, 2010, 4:42 PM Waterfowl along our coast are in mortal danger as the BP rig disaster continues to gush crude oil. The press has concentrated mainly on Louisiana’s state bird, the brown pelican, and rightfully so. This magnificent bird, brought back from near-extinction in Louisiana, numbers about 12,000 to […]
By Julie Steenhuysen, editing by Maggie FoxCHICAGOTue Jun 22, 2010 6:58pm EDT Texas A&M University oceanography professor John Kessler, just back from a 10-day research expedition near the BP Plc oil spill in the gulf, says methane gas levels in some areas are “astonishingly high.” Kessler’s crew took measurements of both surface and deep water […]
By John Flesher of The Associated Press Published: Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 6:46 PM A marine scientist says underwater oil plumes in the Gulf of Mexico are reducing oxygen in some areas, but the drop-off isn’t steep enough to endanger marine life just yet. Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia said Tuesday that water […]
By Debora MacKenzie14:31 23 June 2010 The floating nurseries of the Gulf of Mexico are in the wrong place at the wrong time. Home to the larvae of more than 120 species of fish, the nurseries congregate along the US coast – precisely where the Deepwater Horizon oil slick is wreaking havoc. Ecologists in the […]
By Samantha Hayes Sun, 20 Jun 2010 6:00p.m. A marine biologist says he’s discovered a new threat to whales that has nothing to do with Japanese boats. Steve O’Shea studies beached whales in New Zealand and believes the fishing industry is starving them of their food supply. Twenty-one pilot whales have beached themselves at Aotea […]
By Kelly Lynch, CNNJune 17, 2010 — Updated 0058 GMT (0858 HKT) (CNN) — The Deepwater Horizon oil spill has already claimed many victims — from pelicans to oyster beds and precious marshland. But there may be one more: a species only just recently discovered. Scientifically known as halieutichthys aculeatus, it is not a thing […]
Mientras vemos el mundial nuestro planeta sigue muriendo, gracias a una de las catástrofes ecológicas más grandes del mundo, debido al derrame de petróleo más terrible ocurrido en el Golfo de México. Y ahora que viene la nueva película de Toy Story 3, se me ocurrió proponer unas ideas para que hagan la Segunda parte […]
