Desiccation of Iraq marshes endangers migratory birds

SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq, May 6, 2020 (ENS) – To mark World Migratory Bird Day this Sunday, the nongovernmental organization Nature Iraq is joining its BirdLife International partners around the world to celebrate bird migration, and to highlight the difficulties facing some the world’s most threatened species. The Mesopotamian marshes in the region of southern Iraq between […]

Oily residue discovered off Alabama coast – Subsurface oil spill particles easily eaten by fish

By Debbie WilliamsPublished: Fri, May 07, 2010 – 7:18 pm CST DAUPHIN ISLAND, Alabama – Scientist from Dauphin Island Sea Lab took water samples earlier this week off the coast of Dauphin Island and found oily residue floating just below the surface. It maybe the first signs of the oil spill off Alabama’s coast. Thirty-five […]

Image of the Day: Oil Spill and Chandeleur Islands Viewed from Orbit, 5 May 2010

Caption by Holli Riebeek Light tan streamers snake across Chandeleur Sound in this detailed natural-color satellite image from May 5, 2010. The streamers are probably ropes of oil from a leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico. The streamers surround Freemason Island and arc through Chandeleur Sound west of the Chandeleur Islands. The image is […]

Graph of the Day: Projected Oil Spill Path to 10 May 2010

As the nation’s leading scientific resource for oil spills, NOAA has been on the scene of the Deepwater Horizon spill from the start, providing coordinated scientific weather and biological response services to federal, state and local organizations. Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico Technorati Tags: oil production,oil spill,pollution,North America,Gulf of Mexico,wetland,habitat loss,ecosystem disruption

Photo gallery: Oil and Water

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Deep beneath the Gulf, oil may already be wreaking havoc on sea life, contaminating food chain

By Cain Burdeau And Harry R. Weber NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The oil you can’t see could be as bad as the oil you can. While people anxiously wait for the slick in the Gulf of Mexico to wash up along the coast, globules of oil are already falling to the bottom of the sea, […]

Researcher at ‘ground zero’ of Gulf oil spill finds ‘a lot’ of oil on long-studied sea floor

GULF OF MEXICO (WLOX) – A team of Mississippi scientists reached the edge of the growing oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday. Dr. Vernon Asper, Professor of Marine Resources at USM and Chairman of the Commission of Marine Resources, sent an email to WLOX News saying he’s at “ground zero” of the oil […]

Oil slick hits Chandeleur Islands off Louisiana

Oil from a massive slick in the Gulf of Mexico has started washing ashore on an island chain off the coast of Louisiana, US officials have confirmed. Pelicans and other birds covered in oil have been found on the uninhabited Chandeleur islands, which are part of the Breton National Wildlife Refuge. A federal maritime agency […]

Graph of the Day: Projected Oil Spill Path to 9 May 2010

Weather today continued to allow both NOAA overflights and dispersant operations. Overflight observation flights were concentrated around the Chandeleur Islands. During these overflights, trained observers recorded locations of oil, affected wildlife, and other relevant observations. Overflights will continue tomorrow with a goal to observe the northern and eastern boundaries of the slick. Two in-situ burns […]

‘Pinkish oily substance’ washing into New Harbor Island wetland – Hundreds of dead jellyfish seen – Ocean west of the Mississippi River undefended

By Cain Burdeau,Harry R. Weber, The Associated Press 6/05/2010 3:36 PM NEW ORLEANS – Crews prepared Thursday to lower a 100-tonne box they hoped would cut off most of the crude spewing from a blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico, the urgency of their task underscored by oil that started washing up on delicate […]

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