Signs of BP’s Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Persist Over a Decade Later
Fiddler crabs build their burrows in beaches and the muck of saltwater wetlands. Usually, those holes serve as the crabs’ home and provide each crustacean …
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A Tool for Cleaning Up Oil Spills Is More Hazardous Than Helpful
In the decade since the record-breaking use of oil dispersants in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response, science shows they’re dangerous, potentially deadly, and rarely …
Deepwater Horizon Spill May Have Been 30% Bigger
The Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010 saw nearly 800 million liters of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico, which satellite tracking suggested covered an …
Florida lawmakers ask Trump administration to avoid drilling in Gulf of Mexico
In a letter sent last week to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is leading a group of 16 Florida congressional representatives asking …
Dispatches From The Gulf – 2
Almost seven years after Deepwater Horizon – the biggest oil spill in U.S. history – a global team of scientists is working together to understand …
USGS, NASA Study Finds Widespread Coastal Land Losses from Gulf Oil Spill
A pattern of dramatic, widespread shoreline loss along Louisiana’s coast caused by the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill has been revealed by a new …