Underwater Gulf oil plume 22 miles long, likely to threaten marine life for months – ‘Detectable in the marine environment for the rest of my life’

The Associated Press Published: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 1:00 PM     WASHINGTON — A 22-mile-long invisible mist of oil is meandering far below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, where it will probably loiter for months or more, scientists reported Thursday in the first conclusive evidence of an underwater plume from the BP spill. The […]

BP / Gulf spill: 172 million gallons of oil, 11.6 billion cubic feet of natural gas

SkyTruthWednesday, August 18, 2010 Scientists vehemently disagreed with the brief report issued by the federal government on August 4 that some interpreted as evidence that most of the oil spilled from BP’s Macondo well was … gone. Researchers at the University of Georgia issued their own report yesterday, claiming that nearly 80% of the oil […]

Scientists: Toxic organisms, oil found on Gulf floor – Dispersed oil entering critical fish habitats

John Paul says, at first, he couldn’t believe his own scientific data showing toxic microscopic marine organisms in the Gulf of Mexico. He repeated the field test. A colleague did his own test. All the results came back the same: toxic. It was the first time Paul and other University of South Florida scientists had […]

Scientists say as much as 79 percent of oil remains in Gulf of Mexico

By Kim Chipman Aug 16, 2010 8:51 PM PT A group of scientists says as much as 79 percent of BP Plc’s leaked oil remains in the Gulf of Mexico, challenging an Obama administration assessment that the crude is largely gone or rapidly disappearing. Most of the oil that leaked from BP’s Macondo well from […]

Graph of the Day: Daily Recovery Numbers for Oiled Birds and Turtles, 9 June 2010 – 5 August 2010

By Paul Rioux, The Times-Picayune Sunday, August 08, 2010, 10:00 AM More than three weeks after BP capped its gushing oil well, skimming operations have all but stopped and federal scientists say just a quarter of the oil remains in the Gulf of Mexico. But wildlife officials are rounding up more oiled birds than ever […]

Crabs provide evidence oil tainting Gulf food web

By JOHN FLESHER, AP Environmental Writer Mon Aug 9, 5:33 am ET BARATARIA, La. – To assess how heavy a blow the BP oil spill has dealt the Gulf of Mexico, researchers are closely watching a staple of the seafood industry and primary indicator of the ecosystem’s health: the blue crab. Weeks ago, before engineers […]

Booms fail again: Oil penetrates previously pristine Mississippi marsh

By Ben Raines, Press-Register Monday, August 09, 2010, 5:00 AM HORN ISLAND, Miss. — Weeks after BP capped its runaway well, a greasy band of oil appeared on the grasses fringing Garden Pond, a previously pristine interior marsh. Glops of deep brown oil floated on the surface of the saltwater pond Saturday and appeared to […]

Biologist using Noah’s Ark idea to save sealife

By BRENT KALLESTAD, Associated Press Writer Tuesday, August 3, 2010 PANACEA, Fla. — On the chance that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill threatens some sea creatures with extinction, naturalist Jack Rudloe hopes his laboratory can save them. Rudloe has launched Operation Noah’s Ark, using his four-acre facility an hour south of Tallahassee to preserve […]

Tests suggest oil dispersant washing up on Alabama beaches

By Ben Raines, Press-RegisterTuesday, August 03, 2010, 5:00 AM  The stained, brown water seen washing up in pockets along Alabama beaches for the last two weeks appears to contain the dispersant widely used on oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, according to a preliminary analysis. The Press-Register collected samples from multiple locations along the Fort […]

Oil disaster causes persistent public health crisis: Large number of children with medical and psychological problems

  Washington (AFP) Aug 3, 2010 – Oil is no longer spewing from the ruptured BP oil well but the disaster is far from over for families who live along the US Gulf coast, and their kids in particular, a major study said Tuesday. Of 1,200 coastal residents surveyed last month by researchers at the […]

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