The MODIS instrument, on board NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites, is capturing images of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The spill began on April 20, 2010 with the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. This short video reveals a space-based view of the burning oil rig and, later, the ensuing oil […]
Dr. Oscar Garcia-Pineda of Florida State University has been out in the Gulf this week on the research vessel Brooks McCall. He’s collecting samples and observations of the BP oil slick, and will compare results with simultaneous acquisitions of aerial remote sensing overflights being conducted by NASA. We at SkyTruth are also collecting near-simultaneous satellite […]
By Travis Griggs • tgriggs@pnj.com • June 25, 2010 Despite intensive efforts by more than 1,100 workers and heavy equipment to clean thick tar from Pensacola Beach overnight Wednesday, massive sheets of oil remained buried in the sand. An 8-mile stretch of Pensacola Beach that was covered with gooey oil Wednesday appeared to be clean […]
By Janet Marcel | Bayou CatholicSubmitted on June 23, 2010 SCHRIEVER, LA. — Fishing, swimming and interacting at all with the water off the coast of Louisiana is off-limits to residents, and their livelihoods and quality of life are suffering, said the pastor of Our Lady of the Isle Parish in Grand Isle. “They can’t […]
By Justin Nobel, Special to Nunatsiaq News June 24, 2010 2:18 PM NEW ORLEANS, La. — Carey O’Neil is heartbroken as he steers his boat through a slick of oil near the mouth of the Mississippi River. “This is one of our best shrimping spots,” the Louisiana shrimper says, surveying the damage from the Deepwater […]
Dozens of sharks follow fish fleeing oil spill to Alabama shoreline Thursday, June 24, 2010, 2:30 PM It has easily been the most-watched video ever put on al.com by the Press-Register, with 125,722 starts as of early Thursday afternoon. Video footage shot on June 18 by Ben Raines of the Press-Register and uploaded the following […]
By JAY REEVES, Associated Press Writer24 June 2010 ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) — A leaky truck filled with oil-stained sand and absorbent boom soaked in crude pulls away from the beach, leaving tar balls in a public parking lot and a messy trail of sand and water on the main beach road. A few miles […]
(June 24) — Two weeks after he was hired by BP to help with the oil spill cleanup, William Allen Kruse killed himself. The 55-year-old charter boat captain shot himself in the head Wednesday morning as he prepared to spend another day skimming oil off the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, clearing the spill […]
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 […]
