By NPR StaffJuly 3, 2010 As the oil spill coats Gulf Coast beaches, rescuers are hatching a daring plan to save as many as 70,000 sea turtle eggs from the disaster. Each year, thousands of newly hatched sea turtles scramble from their nests in the Florida Panhandle’s sandy beaches and Alabama coasts into the water. […]
By Juliet EilperinWashington Post Staff WriterFriday, July 2, 2010; 6:58 PM The Coast Guard and BP reached a settlement Friday with environmental groups over the issue of how best to guard against accidentally killing endangered sea turtles during controlled burns in the Gulf of Mexico aimed at curbing the oil spill’s spread. Four environmental groups […]
Low oxygen levels found in Gulf waters By Mike Brantley, Press-Register, video and narration by Ben Raines IN THE GULF OF MEXICO — The Press Register sampled oxygen levels on two natural gas platforms off Alabama and then dove on them to survey the fish and other creatures around the structures. While overall fish populations […]
[Google Translate] VALENCIA, 26 June (IRIN) – Viu Bosc platform, which includes virtually all environmental groups Valencia, has warned that almost all Valencia forest land is “threatened” by a “high risk” of desertification due to erosion – loss of topsoil, – “as a result of the elimination or degradation of vegetation cover,” according to a […]
Imperial College London News Release For Immediate Release: Friday 2 July 2010 Oil spills can increase levels of toxic arsenic in the ocean, creating an additional long-term threat to the marine ecosystem, according to research published today in the journal Water Research. Arsenic is a poisonous chemical element found in minerals and it is present […]
BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. — Alabama Conservation Commissioner Barnett Lawley says officials have found oil on the seabed just off the state’s coast, confirming fears that the Gulf oil spill could be doing more damage than is readily apparent from the surface. Barnett said Thursday that nets used by the state to determine what’s on […]
By Ryan Dezember, Press-Register Ryan Dezember, Press-Register Published: Thursday, July 01, 2010, 6:32 PM Following an afternoon reconnaissance flight today, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach employees reported that oil of some sort — be it sheen, tarballs or orange globs — had impacted all 32 miles of Baldwin’s beaches and streams of oil were spotted […]
Sea Ice Volume is calculated using the Pan-Arctic Ice Ocean Modeling and Assimilation System (PIOMAS) developed at APL/PSC by Dr. J. Zhang and collaborators. Anomalies for each day are calculated relative to the average over the 1979 -2009 period for that day to remove the annual cycle. The model mean seasonal cycle of sea ice […]
Save Our Shores! Florida is a statewide, citizen-based marine conservation organization. Our mission is protecting Florida’s beaches and coastal environment through public education, marine awareness, legislative advocacy, and direct citizen action. Gulfport boom failure Technorati Tags: oil production,oil spill,pollution,Gulf of Mexico,North America,habitat loss,ecosystem disruption
Desdemona suspected that it was natural tidal action, and not a BP cover-up, that buried the oil under a new layer of sand; we saw something similar on Pensacola Beach. But the Save Our Shores Florida folks claim that Sheriff’s deputies confirm BP hauled in the sand: The sand covering most of the beach was […]
