Image of the Day: BP Oil Spill Viewed From Orbit, 17 May 2010

Caption by Michon Scott Nearly a month after a deadly explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, the damaged well on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico continued to spill oil. In the weeks since the accident occurred, the oil slick has periodically drifted northeast toward the Mississippi Delta and reached the the Chandeleur […]

Graph of the Day: Projected Oil Spill Path to 22 May 2010

NOAA extended the boundaries of the closed fishing area in the Gulf into the northern portion of the loop current as a precautionary measure to ensure seafood from the Gulf will remain safe for consumers. The closed area is now slightly less than 19 percent of the Gulf of Mexico federal waters. Dr. Jane Lubchenco, […]

Whale shark, world's biggest fish, very vulnerable to oil spill

Swimming with a whale shark off the Alabama coast By Janet McConnaughey, AP WriterMay 19, 2010, 11:37AM NEW ORLEANS — The world’s biggest fish may be highly vulnerable to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and one of its favorite feeding grounds is in the area of the spill. Whale sharks feed on the surface, […]

In Gulf oil spill, BP using dispersants banned in U.K.

By Marian Wang, ProPublica – May 18, 2010 2:24 pm EDT The two types of dispersants BP is spraying in the Gulf of Mexico are banned for use on oil spills in the U.K. As EPA-approved products, BP has been using them in greater quantities than dispersants have ever been used in the history of […]

Heavy sludge oozes into marshes of Louisiana — CBS cameras turned away by BP, Coast Guard

(CBS/AP)  It may be the most disturbing site yet: the first heavy sludge now oozing into the marshes of Louisiana as the slick continues to grow in size out in the gulf. CBS News correspondent Kelly Cobiella reports it’s an ominous sight. The oil is thick and black and stretches about a quarter mile down […]

Graph of the Day: Locations of Oil and Gas Platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, 2005

This GIS shapefile data layer shows the location of offshore oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. The platform information was made available by Minerals Management Service, and has been reprojected from the NAD 27 datum to NAD 83 to be consistent with the remainder of the data in this GIS. Since 1982 […]

Key West tar balls not from Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill, Coast Guard says

By Press-Register staffMay 19, 2010, 10:03AM KEY WEST, Fla. — The Coast Guard Marine Safety Laboratory in New London, Conn. analyzed a sampling of tar balls discovered on Florida Keys shoreline Tuesday and determined that none of the collected samples are from the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill, officials said in a news release this morning. […]

Deep coral in path of Gulf oil plumes — Mix of crude, dispersants could smother life below the sea

By JASON DEAREN AND MATT SEDENSKY updated 10:01 a.m. PT, Mon., May 17, 2010 NEW ORLEANS – Delicate coral reefs already have been tainted by plumes of crude oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, including a sensitive area that federal officials had tried to protect from drilling and other dangers. And marine scientists are […]

Turtle deaths running high since oil spill

  By Steve Gorman; editing by Jackie FrankNEW ORLEANSTue May 18, 2010 4:54am EDT (Reuters) – At least 150 sea turtles have washed up dead or dying along the U.S. Gulf Coast since the giant oil spill off Louisiana, a higher number than normal for this time of year, a leading wildlife expert said on […]

Coast Guard says tar balls found at Key West, Florida

By Jim Polson; editors: Tony Cox, Kim Jordan May 18 (Bloomberg) — Tar balls collected by Key West, Florida, park rangers yesterday have been shipped for analysis to determine if they came from BP Plc’s leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Coast Guard said. A Coast Guard helicopter will carry a trained […]

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