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 […]
James Duncan Davidson, TED’s conference photographer, is among a crew of five photographers and videographers reporting on the Gulf of Mexico for the TEDxOilSpill Expedition. His photos, taken aboard a plane above the Deepwater Horizon accident site, reveal the staggering extent of the oil slick. Aerial photos of the oil slick Technorati Tags: oil production,oil […]
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 […]
A shrimp boat captain in Louisiana hired by BP was blocked from rescuing juvenile Kemp’s ridleys that were covered in oil in the Gulf waters. He was captured on video saying that the turtles are being collected in the clean-up efforts and burned up like so much ocean debris with other marine life gathering along […]
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 […]
By Marilyn CrainJune 18, 1:36 PM June 18, 2010 – The fight to contain the oil and gas spewing into the Gulf of Mexico goes on. While much of the news focus over the last few days has been on Washington, D.C. and BP executives meeting with the President and testifying before Congress, the oil […]
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 […]
