By Michael Perry, ReutersJune 17, 2010 SYDNEY (Reuters) – The world’s oceans are virtually choking on rising greenhouse gases, destroying marine ecosystems and breaking down the food chain — irreversible changes that have not occurred for several million years, a new study says. The changes could have dire consequences for hundreds of millions of people […]
So-called burn boxes are torching oil from the water’s surface at the sacrifice of turtles, crabs, sea slugs and other sea life. By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles TimesJune 17, 2010 Reporting from the Gulf of Mexico — Here on the open ocean, 12 miles from ground zero of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the gulf […]
By Emily SohnFri Jun 18, 2010 10:29 AM ET Unlike the well-publicized turmoil of pelicans, turtles, fish and other obvious animal victims of the Gulf oil spill, the fate of corals more than 1,000 feet below the surface remains unknown. While scientists haven’t been able to visit the Gulf’s deep-water coral since oil started gushing […]
Gulf oil spill information meeting on Dauphin Island By George Altman, Press-Register Published: Friday, June 18, 2010, 6:40 AM DAUPHIN ISLAND — More than 2 million gallons of oil are skimmed, burned or collected from the site of BP PLC’s busted well every day, but cleanup crews are “still losing the battle,” according to Bruce […]
Associated Press Writers Matthew Brown and Ramit Plushnick-Masti authored this report. Brown reported from Billings, Mont.Friday, June 18, 2010, 7:12 AM NEW ORLEANS — It is an overlooked danger in oil spill crisis: The crude gushing from the well contains vast amounts of natural gas that could pose a serious threat to the Gulf of […]
Disease and shortage of food may afflict Gulf fish and fowl for years By SARAH NETTERGRAND ISLE, La. June 17, 2010 Oiled birds may be cleaned up and beaches may be scrubbed, but the lingering affect of the poisonous gunk from the BP oil spill may be generations of wildife that is riddled with disease […]
As an oil well continues to pump thousands of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico every day, concern is growing for marine life in the area. Lori di Angelis runs boat tours to spot dolphins in the backwater bays of Alabama. Laura Trevelyan went out with her to hear how the dolphins are […]
Cries From the GulfBy K. Lea Morris “Drill Baby Drill” Isn’t that what you said? I remember the chill that ran up my spine the first time I heard it. Then came the chanting. Louder…Louder…Frightening. I couldn’t imagine that anything more painful would ever fall on my ears. I was wrong. Today I would give […]
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 […]
